He attended Amleth among his appointed train, being anxious not to entrap, but to warn him; and was persuaded that he would suffer the worst if he showed the slightest glimpse of sound reason, and above all if he did the act of love openly.

This was also plain enough to Amleth himself.

For when he was bidden mount his horse, he deliberately set himself in such a fashion that he turned his back to the neck and faced about, fronting the tail; which he proceeded to encompass with the reins, just as if on that side he would check the horse in its furious pace.

By this cunning thought he eluded the trick, and overcame the treachery of his uncle.

The reinless steed galloping on, with rider directing its tail, was ludicrous enough to behold.
Amleth went on, and a wolf crossed his path amid the thicket.