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Stevenson's mother, or trotting beside the lady of the house, "Tamaitai," as they all called her, carrying seeds or plants for her garden. When my brother went out with a number of natives laden with surveying implements, Pola only stopped long enough to beg for a cane-knife before he was leading the party. If Mr.
As we drove home after the party I asked Tamaitai: 'What did you think of the talk? There was a brief silence then: 'I didn't understand a single word of it, they talked so fast, said she frankly. "I don't think I ever knew a woman who was a more perfect 'gentleman. Scorning all that was not direct, and true, and simple, she herself hated disguise or casuistry in any form.
Tamaitai took no part in the rapid thrust and parry of the talk, but sat silently looking from one to another with her great dark eyes. Their comment on her long afterwards was that she was the most inscrutable person they had ever met.
We went to see Ori especially for Tamaitai, for she wished to know the condition of his eyes, and whether he needed glasses. His eyes were all right then, but later on developed some trouble, but he was so very old at that time that he was not willing to make the trip around the island for examination."
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