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the house of pride(袷蛸岻社)-及18何蛍

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Steve's conduct in this hour of saying good´bye。                She had looked        upon 

him as her playfellow�察�and for the month he had been her                  playfellow�察�but 

now   he   was   not   parting   like   a   playfellow。    He   talked     excitedly   and 

disconnectedly�察�or was silent�察�by fits and starts。               Sometimes he did not 

hear what she was saying�察�or if he did�察�failed               to respond in his wonted 

manner。      She was perturbed by the way he             looked at her。      She had not 



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known before that he had such blazing                  eyes。     There was something in 

his   eyes   that   was   terrifying。    She     could   not   face   it�察  �and   her   own   eyes 

continually drooped before it。             Yet there was something alluring about it�察�

as well�察�and she        continually returned to catch a glimpse of that blazing�察�

imperious�察      �yearning   something   that   she   had   never   seen   in   human   eyes 

before。       And she was herself strangely bewildered and excited。 

     The   transport's   huge   whistle   blew   a   deafening   blast�察  �and   the   flower´ 

crowned       multitude     surged     closer   to   the   side   of  the   dock。     Dorothy 

Sambrooke's   fingers   were   pressed   to   her   ears�察  �and   as   she   made   a   moue 

of   distaste   at   the   outrage   of   sound�察  �she   noticed   again   the     imperious�察�

yearning   blaze   in   Steve's   eyes。     He   was   not   looking   at     her�察  �but   at   her 

ears�察�delicately pink and transparent in the               slanting rays of the afternoon 

sun。     Curious and fascinated�察�she            gazed at that strange something in his 

eyes   until   he   saw   that   he had    been   caught。      She  saw   his   cheeks   flush 

darkly and heard him utter            inarticulately。      He was embarrassed�察�and she 

was     aware     of   embarrassment          herself。    Stewards       were    going     about 

nervously  begging          shore´going   persons   to   be   gone。       Steve   put   out   his 

hand。      When   she      felt   the   grip   of   the   fingers   that   had   gripped   hers   a 

thousand times         on surf´boards and lava slopes�察  �she heard   the words   of 

the    song   with    a   new    understanding       as   they   sobbed     in  the  Hawaiian 

woman's silver         throat�此�

       ;Ka halia ko aloha kai hiki mai�察�Ke hone ae nei i ku'u manawa�察�O oe 

no kan aloha A loko e hana nei。; 

       Steve had taught her air and words and meaningso she had thought�察�

till   this   instant�察  �and   in   this   instant   of   the   last   finger   clasp   and warm 

contact of   palms   she   divined   for   the   first   time   the   real   meaning   of   the 

song。     She scarcely saw him go�察�nor could she note                  him on the crowded 

gangway�察  �for   she   was   deep   in   a   memory   maze�察         �living   over   the   four 

weeks just past�察�rereading events in the light              of revelation。 

     When   the   Senatorial   party   had   landed�察  �Steve   had   been   one   of   the 

committee of entertainment。             It was he who had given them their                  first 

exhibition      of   surf   riding�察  �out   at  Waikiki   Beach�察  �paddling   his       narrow 

board seaward until he became a disappearing speck�察�and then�察                       �suddenly 

reappearing�察�rising like a sea´god from out of the welter                      of spume and 



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churning   whiterising   swiftly   higher   and   higher�察        �shoulders   and   chest 

and   loins   and   limbs�察  �until   he   stood   poised   on   the   smoking   crest   of   a 

mighty�察  �mile´long   billow�察      �his   feet  buried   in   the   flying   foam�察   �hurling 

beach´ward       with   the   speed    of  an   express    train    and   stepping    calmly 

ashore at their astounded feet。          That had      been her first glimpse of Steve。 

He   had been   the   youngest   man   on       the   committee�察  �a   youth�察 �himself�察 �of 

twenty。     He   had   not   entertained      by   speechmaking�察  �nor   had   he   shone 

decoratively at receptions。         It   was in the breakers at Waikiki�察�in the wild 

cattle   drive   on   Manna     Kea�察  �and   in   the   breaking   yard   of   the   Haleakala 

Ranch that he had         performed his share of the entertaining。 

     She     had    not    cared    for   the   interminable      statistics    and   eternal 

speechmaking         of  the   other   members      of  the   committee。      Neither     had 

Steve。     And it was with Steve that she had stolen away from the                     open´ 

air   feast   at   Hamakua�察  �and   from Abe   Louisson�察  �the   coffee       planter�察  �who 

had talked coffee�察�coffee�察�nothing but coffee�察�for two                  mortal hours。       It 

was then�察�as they rode among the tree ferns�察�that               Steve had taught her the 

words     of   ;Aloha    Oe�察─   �the  song    that  had    been    sung     to  the  visiting 

Senators at every village�察�ranch�察�and            plantation departure。 

     Steve and she   had been   much   together   from the   first。           He   had been 

her playfellow。       She had taken possession of him while her father                   had 

been occupied in taking possession of the statistics of the                island territory。 

She was too gentle   to   tyrannize over her            playfellow�察 �yet   she had   ruled 

him abjectly�察�except when in canoe�察�or              on horse or surf´board�察�at which 

times he had taken charge and she              had rendered obedience。           And now�察�

with this last singing of the          song�察�as the lines were cast off and the big 

transport began backing           slowly out from the dock�察�she knew that Steve 

was something more to           her than playfellow。 

     Five    thousand     voices    were    singing   ;Aloha     Oe�察─�MY       LOVE      BE 

WITH   YOU          TILL  WE   MEET AGAIN�察�and   in   that   first   moment   of 

known      love   she    realized     that  she   and   Steve    were   being    torn   apart。 

When   would   they        ever   meet   again�拭    �He   had   taught   her   those   words 

himself。     She     remembered         listening   as  he   sang   them   over    and   over 

under   the   hau    tree   at   Waikiki。   Had   it   been   prophecy�拭     �And   she   had 

admired   his      singing�察  �had   told   him   that   he   sang   with   such   expression。 



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She      laughed      aloud�察   �hysterically�察�
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