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Those who had bet on him were calling him a knave and a coward, while Opeta's backers were imploring him to kill Teaea if he stood up. The Raratonga champion became excited, confused and when Teaea, at the call of eight, cautiously turned over and lifted his head, he struck him lightly. The inhabitants of the country districts vociferated in one voice: "Uahani! Uahani!" "Faufau!
Watercress, the chief of Atuona, who guards the governor's house, was by the roadside. "You have drunk too much," I remarked, as I spied the rag about his head. "Not too much, but a great deal," he rejoined. "Faufau," I said further, which means that it is a bad thing. "Hana paopao" he said sadly. "It is disagreeable to work. One likes to forget many things."
Faufau!" cried the gods. "Foul! Foul! 'E 'it' im, 'hand' e's hon 'is 'ands hand kneeses," exclaimed the Australian woman. The audience took up the chorus in French, Tahitian, and English. Though Opeta had won them all by his ability and fairness and was plainly the better man, the sentiment was for the rules.
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