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Elle avait fait tout qu’elle avait pu, quoiqu'elle ordonnât l’arrestation, mais la minimale.
She had done all she could: though condemned to arrest but during the shortest possible time.
La légende veut que Pele ordonnât la destruction des protégés de sa sœur après avoir découvert que son mari Lohiau la trompait avec sa sœur.
Legend has it that Pele ordered the destruction of her sister's sacred ohia lehua groves after discovering that her lover Lohiau had engaged in romantic activities with her sister.
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