ladder of her house Asibowan was looking out of the window and she
said, "Oh, there is a rich gentleman. How are you? Where are you
going?" Aponitolau said, "I am going to Nagsingkawan, but I have
lost my way and I thought that this was Nagsingkawan. I saw this
house so I came to get a drink." "This is not Nagsingkawan. Come up
and I will cook and we will eat." Aponitolau went up into the house
and the girl gave him water to drink. She cooked and then she called
him. "I do not want to eat yet. I will rest for awhile and eat when
your husband comes," said Aponitolau.

Not long after, while they were talking he saw Asibowan break the fish
stick and put it in the pot and he watched to see what would become of
the stick. He saw that it became a fish. [135] She called often for
Aponitolau to come and eat and he went and he said, "I want to wait
until your husband comes, for it is not good for us to eat first,
and it is not good for us to be eating when he arrives." "Come, it
will be all right. We will eat now, and he can eat when he comes" said
Asibowan. So he went to eat with her, for he was very hungry. He saw
that she took all the rice and fish out of the pots, and there were
only dishes for them. "What is the matter with this woman that she
does not leave any fish for her husband?" he said to himself. While
they were eating Asibowan told him that she did not have a husband and
Aponitolau smiled. When they finished eating, they cut betel-nut for
them to chew. "Now be patient for we must chew betel-nut, for it is
not good for us to talk until we know each other's names." Asibowan
said, "How can we chew betel-nut, for I do not chew for I am related
to Kaboniyan?" [136] "You must chew anyway for we cannot tell our
names unless we chew," said Aponitolau. When Aponitolau urged her
a long time she took the betel-nut and they chewed. "Since you are
the lady who lives here, it is best that you tell your name first,"