 Eva immediately recognises Mellehovich and then Novoveski, who calls him Azya, and who raised him alongside his son.However, as the young Tartar is now an officer of the hetman and serving under Michael, his commandant, he is out of the old nobleman's clutches and an old officer, Nyenashinyets, now recognises him as Tugai Beyovich, Tugai Bey's son and so a prince.Azya reveals his plan—a treacherous one—to Bogush to supposedly bring the Lithuanian Tartars over to the hetman's cause to fight against the Turk but in fact to use these troops to attack the unsuspecting Poles.