to engage (a teacher etc) / to hire / to betroth / betrothal gift / to get married (of woman)
聘
=
甹
+
耳
:
Pocahontas (pi) and a chivalrous knight (甹) betroth (聘) each other in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4). As symbol of their love they give each other bloody ears (耳).