Said her brother, "Malio, I have come to you to gain my desire. All those days I was absent I was at Keaau to behold a certain beautiful woman, for my passion forced me to go again and again to see this woman. To-day I heard that to-morrow she is to be the chief's of Kauai; therefore let us exert all our arts over her to win her to me."
Said his sister, "She is no other than Waka's grandchild, Laieikawai, whom the grandmother has given to the great chief of Kauai; to-morrow is the marriage. Therefore, as you desire, go home, and in the dark of evening return, and we will sleep here on the mountain; that is the time for us to determine whether you lose or win."
According to Malio's directions to her brother, Halaaniani returned to his house at Kula.
He came at the time his sister had commanded.
Before they slept, Malio said to Halaaniani, "If you get a dream when you sleep, tell it to me, and I will do the same."
They slept until toward morning. Halaaniani awoke, he could not sleep, and Malio awoke at the same time.
CHAPTER XXI
Malio asked Halaaniani, "What did you dream?"
Said Halaaniani, "I dreamed nothing, as I slept I knew nothing, had not the least dream until I awoke just now."
Halaaniani asked his sister, "How was it with you?"