The Hawaiians Page #4

You're not just asking for a loan?

You're trying to blackmail us.

That right. I'll disgrace you a lot

less as a planter than a beachcomber.

- No.

- You'd be broke again next year.

There's not money enough

in sugar to pay for irrigation.

The water is free.

But, not the labour to dig ditches

and keep them open.

You know very well,

we'd have to foreclose.

You're not a farmer

and certainly not a businessman.

I don't know if sugar

will pay or not.

But, i've got something nobody

else does, artesian water...

and miles of land.

Sooner or later,

is got to be worth money.

We can't see the sooner and

we're not interested in the later.

Take my advice,

and go back to the sea.

I'll see you in hell first.

And be damn glad of the trip.

What the matter, Micah,

cat got your tongue?

Pious bastards.

Don't you care?

Of course I do,

but they're all pirates.

They came here, took everything,

and now, they won't part with it.

I sure thought they'd fall

off a few points in my direction.

What will we do now?

I don't know. I'll have to

go back to sea, I guess.

Whip, i don't want you to go.

All right, I'll stay.

By God, i'll stay.

We'll lick them yet.

I've got enough cash to plant

a few acres of sugar. I can...

We can mortgage

the house...

We could sell the house.

We could sell the house

and just live.

We can live the way

our ancestors lived.

In a grass hut?

On fish and poi?

Yes! Listen...

You didn't marry some kanaka,

you married me...

remember? You love me?

Yes.

I love you.

That how it all began.

I can't understand you.

How could i? We haven't

shared a bed for 6 months.

No, Whip.

Whip, please.

What is it?

What wrong?

I don't know.

I know this.

If i ever needed you,

is now.

And all you can do is tell me

to go to some beach and play dead.

Nothing to worry about.

Most babies get cranky sometimes.

Noel was just an excuse.

Is Purity i want you to see.

Did you notice

the way she is?

Why all this Hawaiian culture?

She's filled the house

with this stuff.

I can't get near her.

Thank you.

Was it having the baby?

Is that what did it?

It may be a post-natal depression

but then again...

it may not.

Purity isn't just

one quarter Hawaiian...

she's one quarter royal Hawaiian.

You know how those families

have been intermarrying for years.

She's losing her mind?

Is possible.

Yes.

Here chick, chick.

Come here, chicken.

Here's my big fella.

Wu Chow's Auntie...

You did a good job nursing Noel.

I've got another baby for you.

What kind of baby?

Pineapple, from halfway around

the world, French Guiana.

The French won't export any.

I had a sailor friend steal this

seed plant, and smuggle it out.

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