The legend tells us that when in the year 596 Rome was desolated by the plague, Pope Gregory the Great exhorted his people to penance and prayer, and carrying in his hands the picture of the Blessed Virgin, said to be painted by St. Luke, he led them in procession to the church, Afa Coeli, on Easter morn.

The glass doors of the salle-à-manger were broken in a playful scuffle between the whiskered doctor of the hospital, and Afa, the majordomo of the Tiare.

He then threw all the crockery of his table to the roadway, and Afa wrestled him into a better state, during which process the doors were smashed.

Afa, a half-white, who lives in a cottage in the garden, and who alone could control him, slapped his face.

Afa ran 'er bloody show for 'er, an' it cost 'er a bloody fortune.

A giant acacia whose flowers were reddish pink and looked like thistle blooms, protected two canoes, one my own and one Afa's.

I deferred my pleasure a few minutes as the place under the shower was occupied by an entrancing pair, Evoa, the consort of Afa, and her four-months-old infant, Poia.

Afa had found her, and brought her to his cabin in the garden.

Afa was a handsome half-caste, his mustache and light complexion, his insouciance and frivolity, his perfect physique, skill with canoe and fish-net and spear, his flirtations with many women, and his ability to provide amusement for the guests, making him a superior type of the white-brown blood.

Afa was born, the princess was sent away, and the child brought up in a good family.

Afa returned from America to find that much of his father's property had been stolen or claimed by others, and he became a cook and servant.

In Afa's single room were two brass bedsteads, many gaudy tidies, an engraving of the execution of Nathan Hale, and a toilet-table full of fancy notions.

Evoa was always barefooted, but Afa, on steamer days and when going to the cinematograph, appeared in immaculate white and with canvas shoes.

I learned them from Afa and Evoa and others.

In the Annexe all was quiet, but in the great sailing canoe of Afa, on the grass by the water, there were two girls smoking and humming, and waiting for the cowboy and the prize-fighter who lived beside me, and who were dancing to-night at Fa'a.

He also lived at the Annexe, and did his training in the garden under Afa's clever hands.

Afa, the tane of the lovely Evoa of the Annexe, brought to the luncheon Annabelle Lee, the buxom wife of Lovaina's negro chauffeur.