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64 If any one is to blame, it is the ex-Emperor. He forcibly appointed a betrothed woman to be the Crown Prince's consort."

The priests had no reply to offer to this indisputable argument. They admitted its justice, and promised the ghost to inform the Emperor of all that had passed. This entirely satisfied the ghost, and it vanished.

The priests at once went to the Imperial presence, and told the Emperor of what they had heard. The Emperor was immediately convinced of his error.

"Then," said he, "Komachi and Arihira have not committed the crime of adultery. I will order them to be immediately recalled to the capital, and will publicly make them man and wife, and restore them to their former positions. I also decree that the spirit of U-noha shall be deified in the Kamo Shrine."

The Emperor's commands were carried out, and the ghost ceased to haunt the court.