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 been roused, and he demanded that the true story should be told to him. Kauhi confessed his guilt, but related the boasts of the two inferior chiefs whose pretence of having won the maiden’s favours had enraged his jealousy. These two slanderers being sent for confessed their guilt and were upbraided by the king, who as a punishment for their evil speaking ordered them to be cast together with Kauhi into the flaming ovens. This terrible fate was theirs. Then the king asked Kaha if she would not reward the devotion of Maha by becoming his wife, and, as the fair girl consented, the lovers were happily united.