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And having heard that her guardian who bound her must give his 
consent, he first sought Kapukaihaoa and asked his consent to the 
chief’s purpose. 
So he went first and said to Kapukaihaoa: “I wish to unite myself 
with Laielohelohe for a time, not to take her away altogether, but to 
ease my heavy heart of its lust after your foster child; for I first 
begged my boon of her, but she sent me for your consent, and ‘so I 
have come to you.” 
Said Kapukaihaoa: “High one of the highest, I grant your re- 
quest, my high one; it is well for you to go in to my foster child; 
for no good has come to me from my charge. It was our strong 
desire, mine and hers. who took care of your wife Laieikawai, 
that Kekalukaluokewa should be our foster child’s husband; very 
good, but in settling the rule over the islands, the gain has gone 
to others and I have nothing. For he has given all the islands to 
your sisters, and I have nothing, the one who provided him with his 
wife; so it will be well, in order to avoid a second misfortune, that 
you have the wife for the two of you.” 
At the end of their secret conference, Kapukaihaoa went with the 
chief to Laielohelohe. 
Said he, “ My ward, here is the husband, be ruled by him; heavens 
above, earth beneath; a solid fortune, nothing can shake its founda- 
tion; and look to the one who bore the burden.” 
Then Laielohelohe dismissed her doubts; and Kaonohiokala took 
Laielohelohe and they took their pleasure together. 
Three days after, Kaonohiokala returned to Kahakaekaea. 
And after he had been some days absent, the pangs of love caught 
him fast, and changed his usual appearance. 
Then on the fourth day of their separation, he told a lie to Laieika- 
wai and said, “ This was a strange night for me, I never slept, there 
was a drumming all night long.” 
Said Laieikawai, “ What was it?” 
Said Kaonohiokala, “ Perhaps the people below are in trouble.” 
* Perhaps so,” said Laieikawai. “ Why not go down and see?” 
And at his wife’s mere suggestion, in less than no time Kaono- 
hiokala was below in the companionship of Laielohelohe. But Late- 
lohelohe never thought of harm; what was that to her mind! 
When they met at the chief’s wish, Laielohelohe did not love 
Kaonohiokala, for the princess did not wish to commit sin with the 
great chief from the heavens, but to satisfy her guardian’s greed. 
