He gave notice, moreover, that all should obey the new chief in his place, according to their customs, and if he did any evil, make report that he might suffer punishment.

Then waving the pair aside, without listening to their thanks or the acclamations of the crowd, he passed on.
As we went down the ravine by which we had approached the village on the previous night, a sound of chanting struck our ears.

Presently the path turned, and we saw a solemn procession advancing up that dismal, sunless gorge.

At the head of it rode none other than the beautiful Khania, followed by her great-uncle, the old Shaman, and after these came a company of shaven priests in their white robes, bearing between them a bier, upon which, its face uncovered, lay the body of the Khan, draped in a black garment.

Yet he looked better thus than he had ever done, for now death had touched this insane and dissolute man with something of the dignity which he lacked in life.
Thus then we met.