Michel encountered the khan near the mouth of the Don, as it enters the Sea of Azof.

Usbeck was on a magnificent hunting excursion, accompanied by his chieftains and his army.

For six weeks he did not deign, to pay any attention to the Russian prince, not even condescending to order him to be guarded.

The rich presents Michel had brought, in token of homage, were neither received nor rejected, but were merely disregarded as of no moment whatever.
At length, one morning, suddenly, as if recollecting something which had been forgotten, Usbeck ordered his lords to summon Michel before them and adjudge his cause.

A tent was spread as a tribunal of justice, near the tent of the khan; and the unhappy prince, bound with cords, was led before his judges.