"To-morrow at the hour of seven," they had cried to their adversaries, "you will know of a difficulty, and our guns shall be made good in broken bones." An accident had pointed expectation towards Apia.
The wife of Le Mamea washed for the German ships--a perquisite, I suppose, for her husband's unwilling fidelity.

She sent a man with linen on board the _Adler_, where he was surprised to see Le Mamea in person, and to be himself ordered instantly on shore.

The news spread.

If Mamea were brought down from Lotoanuu, others might have come at the same time.
Tamasese himself and half his army might perhaps lie concealed on board the German ships.

And a watch was accordingly set and warriors collected along the line of the shore.