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Angry as the father of Kaa was at the result of the fight, he dissembled his wrath and hatred. Waiting till the morning after the marriage had taken place, he visited his daughter, and said, “It is well. I see that you love each other. Live long and happily together.” He then informed the bride that her mother was lying dangerously ill at a village some distance away, and besought her that she would put aside for a little while her new-found happiness, and set off with him to visit the sick woman. Kaa believed her father, who with tears and protestations assured her that her mother had but a short time to live, and together the false parent and the maiden set 