"It is not true," replied Chiromo.
"Can you kill people by means of charms and medicines?"
Chiromo said he could not.
"Is that your basket?"
"Yes, it is my basket."
"What is in the basket?"
"I do not know."
"Are not the things in the basket yours?"
"No, they are your messenger's; he put them in my basket."
Mokorongo was indignant at the lie. The witnesses, too, were amazed at Chiromo's effrontery. But none spoke.