Ko te taangata i te taiohi he ahua harikoa: he tinana ataahua i roto i nga hoa e rua, he nui te waatea, he pai ki te awhina, ahakoa mo te whakakore i te raruraru. I kite te tuahine i te kaha o tona tungane, kua heke te wairua, no reira ka whakaaro ia ki te ngote me te tuku kia awhi ia ia. I te mutunga ka oho, ka timata ratou ki te moe i roto i te kihini i roto i nga waahi rereke.
I roto i tenei putanga i tino waimarie te wahine - i tutaki ia ki tetahi tangata tino pukuriri me te tohe tonu - he roa, he ngawari hoki tana mokemoke i a ia! A tino haumaru - me te ure. Te ahua nei e pai ana te tane ki nga wahine kikokore penei. Engari karekau te wahine ra i whai taima ki te whakaatu i ona kaha hei mirimiri - kaua ki te tinana o te tangata, ki tana tikaokao ranei! Ehara pea ia i te mirimiri, engari he wahine i runga waea?
He kakaho maia, ka taea e ia te hoatu ki tetahi tangata e kore e mohiotia i roto i te pouri, kaua ko te kotahi noa atu, me tetahi kamupene o taua mea, he hawhe mita te teitei o ana tiihi.