Said the princess's attendant, "Do not fear, have no dread, arise and enter to meet my princess as she has commanded you."
"I am afraid," said the girl.
When the princess heard their low voices, she arose and called to Kahalaomapuana; then the girl's distress was at an end, and the stranger entered to visit the princess.
Said Laieikawai, "Is the merry instrument yours that sounded here last night and this?"
"Yes; it is mine," said Kahalaomapuana.
"Go on," said Laieikawai, "play it."
Kahalaomapuana took her ti leaf trumpet from behind her ear, and played before the princess; then Laieikawai was delighted. This was the first time the princess had seen this kind of instrument.
CHAPTER XII
Now, Laieikawai became fascinated with the merry instrument upon which the girl played, so she bade her sound it again.
Said the girl, "I can not sound it again, for it is now daylight, and this instrument is a kind that sounds only by night; it will never sound by day."