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Show 711 - They shunned him altogether. He didn't mind, however, because his thoughts were constantly occupied with the beautiful wahine he had seen during the battle. He could envision her eyes unon him across the flames of the fire. He was experiencing feelings he had never known before. A strange melancholy had fallen upon him, pleasant and yet disturbing. we had never before been attracted by a female. He x^anted to talk to someone, but knew there was no one in whom he could confide. It was then he remembered his Pakeha friend, Henry Busby. Would he ever see him again? Henry was his dearest friend. Henry's thoughts were his own thoughts on many things. He marveled that a Maori and a Pakeha could be so much alike. Shouts from the young men shattered his reverie. "Mako! Mako!" Roa snotted the danger at once as the dorsal fin of a huge killer shark broke the calm surface of the water. It was a deadly Blue Mako shark. Three young men who were swimming a short distance out began stroking rapidly toward shore. The shark headed toward the one farthest out. Roa was instantly on his feet sprinting toward the water. Others were shouting of the danger. |