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Doubtless in the curses that he there uttered to the bursting surf and the tropic birds, the name of the Kaupoi the rich man was frequently repeated.
Terutak', long, dour Scots fisherman as he was, expressed his satisfaction within bounds; but the wife beamed; and there was an old gentleman present her father, I suppose who seemed nigh translated. His eyes stood out of his head; 'Kaupoi, Kaupoi rich, rich! ran on his lips like a refrain; and he could not meet my eye but what he gurgled into foolish laughter.
I was the Kaupoi, the rich man; my tobacco and trade were known to be endless: he was sure of a present. I am at a loss how to explain his behaviour, unless it be supposed that he recalled with terror and regret a passage in our interview. Here it is: 'The king, he good man? I asked. 'Suppose he like you, he good man, replied Te Kop: 'no like, no good. That is one way of putting it, of course.
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