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Stay。’Hewassometwentyminutesdying，andhismurdererssatwithhimthewhile：asceneforShakespeare。Allthestagesofaviolentdeath，theblood，thefailingvoice，thedecomposingfeatures，thechangedhue，arethuspresentinthememoryofMr。
Corpse；andsincehestudiedtheminthebrotherhebetrayed，hehassomereasontoreflectonthepossibilitiesoftreachery。I
wasnevermoresureofanythingthanthetragicqualityoftheking’sthoughts；andyetIhadbuttheonesightofhimatunawares。Ihadonceanerrandforhisear。Itwasoncemorethehourofthesiesta；buttherewereloiterersabroad，andthesedirectedustoaclosedhouseonthebankofthecanalwhereTebureimoalayunguarded。Weenteredwithoutceremony，beinginsomehaste。Helayontheflooruponabedofmats，readinginhisGilbertIslandBiblewithcompunction。Onoursuddenentrancetheunwieldymanrearedhimselfhalf-sittingsothattheBiblerolledonthefloor，staredonusamomentwithblankeyes，and，havingrecognisedhisvisitors，sankagainuponthemats。SoEglonlookedonEhud。
Thejusticeoffactsisstrange，andstrangelyjust；Nakaeia，theauthorofthesedeeds，diedatpeacediscoursingonthecraftofkings；histoolsuffersdailydeathforhisenforcedcomplicity。
Notthenature，butthecongruityofmen’sdeedsandcircumstancesdamnandsavethem；andTebureimoafromthefirsthasbeenincongruouslyplaced。Athome，inaquietbystreetofavillage，themanhadbeenaworthycarpenter，and，evenbedevilledasheis，heshowssomeprivatevirtues。Hehasnolands，onlytheuseofsuchasareimpignorateforfines；hecannotenrichhimselfintheoldwaybymarriages；thriftisthechiefpillarofhisfuture，andheknowsandusesit。Elevenforeigntraderspayhimapatentofahundreddollars，sometwothousandsubjectspaycapitationattherateofadollarforaman，halfadollarforawoman，andashillingforachild：allowingfortheexchange，perhapsatotalofthreehundredpoundsayear。Hehadbeensomeninemonthsonthethrone：hadboughthiswifeasilkdressandhat，figureunknown，andhimselfauniformatthreehundreddollars；hadsenthisbrother’sphotographtobeenlargedinSanFranciscoattwohundredandfiftydollars；hadgreatlyreducedthatbrother’slegacyofdebtandhadstillsovereignsinhispocket。Anaffectionatebrother，agoodeconomist；hewasbesidesahandycarpenter，andcobbledoccasionallyonthewoodworkofthepalace。
ItisnotwonderfulthatMr。Corpsehasvirtues；thatTebureimoashouldhaveadiversionfilledmewithsurprise。
CHAPTERIII-AROUNDOURHOUSE
WHENweleftthepalacewewerestillbutseafarersashore；andwithinthehourwehadinstalledourgoodsinoneofthesixforeignhousesofButaritari，namely，thatusuallyoccupiedbyMaka，theHawaiianmissionary。TwoSanFranciscofirmsarehereestablished，Messrs。CrawfordandMessrs。WightmanBrothers；thefirsthardbythepalaceofthemidtown，thesecondatthenorthentry；eachwithastoreandbar-room。OurhousewasintheWightmancompound，betwixtthestoreandbar，withinafencedenclosure。Acrosstheroadafewnativehousesnestledinthemarginofthebush，andthegreenwallofpalmsrosesolid，shuttingoutthebreeze。Alittlesandycoveofthelagoonraninbehind，shelteredbyaverandahpier，thelabourofqueens’hands。
Here，whenthetidewashigh，sailedboatslaytobeloaded；whenthetidewaslow，theboatstookgroundsomehalfamileaway，andanendlessseriesofnativesdescendedthepierstair，tailedacrossthesandinstringsandclusters，wadedtothewaistwiththebagsofcopra，andloiteredbackwardtorenewtheircharge。
Themysteryofthecopratradetormentedme，asIsatandwatchedtheprofitsdriponthestairandthesands。
Infront，fromshortlyafterfourinthemorninguntilnine
