Kaleihokuu told, him, "Return to your masters, tell them that they will be welcome, if they will come to-morrow to see my foster-son." The old men, at this news, hastened to depart.

Arrived at the abode of Kaleihokuu, they found no one, except a man asleep on the mat.

They entered, nevertheless, and sat down, leaning their backs against the walls of the pandanus house.

"At last," said they, sighing, "our bones are going to revive, _akahi a ola na iwi_." Then, addressing the slumbering man, "Are you, then, alone here ?"--" Yes," replied the young man; "Kaleihokuu is in the fields."-- "We are," added they, "the two old men of Waipio, come expressly to see the priest's foster-son." The young man rises without saying a word, prepares an abundant repast--an entire hog, fish, and awa.

The two old men admired the activity and skill of the youth, and said to themselves, "At all events, if the foster-son of Kaleihokuu were as vigorous a stripling as this, we should renew our life!" The young unknown served them food, and made them drunk with awa, and, according to the usage of those times,[16] gave up to them the women of Kaleihokuu, that his hospitality might be complete.
The next morning the old men saw Kaleihokuu, and said to him, "Here we have come to become acquainted with your foster-son.