I te mutunga ka mau ahau i te tinana o te kuia i roto i te korero pakiwaitara, he nui te hae ki tana tamahine takakau, ka paihana ia, ka mate i tana tane. I a au e haere ana me te uwhiuwhiu i taku tamahine takakau ataahua, ataahua hoki, a Blanche, me te aroha…
“He mea kee tera. Mai i te wa i tino nui ai to wahine ki tau tamahine?
…ko taku tane porangi kei te raru tonu ahau!
“Ko ahau hoki te matua o Blanche. Me whakapāha koe mo te whakapae i ahau."
"A ki te kore ahau?"
"Katahi ahau ka haere atu ki te kimi i a koe i roto i to whare moenga, e te aroha."
“… ..”
"Kua whakaritea ano e ahau tetahi kakahu tino ataahua ano hoki."
Na ko taku mahi i te whiu whakamate me te whakahihi i toku mata.
