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Several months passed without any further effort to buy land. It was the midst of the hurricane season, with the wind around to the north-west, the rivers swollen, and the roads muddy. But in January, during a temporary lull in the bad weather, we managed to visit Terii-woman and discuss purchasing her share.
Terii-woman and Manea of Hitiaa were the two largest owners in Vaimoé. I knew that if I could induce one of them to sell, all the other owners would part with their shares. As she lived only a few kilometres to leeward, Tuahu and I walked to her house one Monday morning and told her our business.