CHAPTER XXXI 
After ‘the marriage of Laieikawai and Kaonohiokala, when his 
sisters and the seer and Kekalukaluokewa and his wife were well 
established, after all this had been set in order, they returned to 
the country in the heavens called Kahakaekaea and dwelt in the 
taboo house on the borders of Tahiti. 
And when she became wife under the marriage bond, all power 
was given her as a god except that to see hidden things and those 
obscure deeds which were done at a distance; only her husband had 
this power. 
Before they left Kauai to return to the heavens, a certain agree- 
ment was made in their assembly at the government council. 
Lo! on that day, the rainbow pathway was let down from 
Nuumealani and Kaonohiokala and Laieikawai mounted upon that 
way, and she laid her last commands upon her sisters, the seer, and 
Laielohelohe; these were her words: 
“My companions and our father the prophet, my sister born 
with me in the womb and your husband, I return according to our 
agreement; I leave you and return to that place where you will not 
soon come to see me; therefore, live in peace, for each alike has 
prospered, not one of you lacks fortune. But Kaonohiokala will 
visit you to look after your welfare.” ) 
After these words they were borne away out of sight. And as 
to her saying Kaonohiokala would come to look after the welfare of 
her companions, this was the sole source of disturbance in Laieika- 
wai’s life with her husband. 
‘While Laieikawai lived at home with her husband it was Kaono- 
hiokala’s custom to come down from time to time to look after his 
sisters’ welfare and that of his young wife three times every year. 
They had lived perhaps five years under the marriage contract, 
and about the sixth year of Laieikawai’s happy life with her hus- 
band, Kaonohiokala fell into sin with Laielohelohe without anyone 
knowing of his falling into sin. 
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