According to Saxo's version of the Hroar-Helgi story, the usurper procures the assassination of his brother and, to avoid suspicion, has the assassins put out of the way. In this the Meriadoc story agrees. In _Meriadoc_, the queen dies of sorrow. No mention is made of the queen in Saxo's version. In the Hamlet story, the brother slays the king with his own hand, but secretly, to avoid suspicion. He marries the king's widow. In the _Hrólfssaga_, the brother attacks the king with an army and slays him. In _Havelok_, Arthur, likewise, attacks the king with an army and slays him.[139] The widow is rescued. In the _Hrólfssaga_, as appears at the end of the story, the widow is not only rescued, but, as in the Hamlet story, marries the usurper. In _Meriadoc_, the murdered king's adherents try to rescue the young prince and princess. This feature is common to both the _Hrólfssaga_ and Saxo's version of the Hroar-Helgi story. In _Meriadoc_, the usurper gets the children into his power, but, being appealed to, saves them for the time being. This feature is found in Saxo's version, where the usurper agrees to spare the children during good behavior. It is lacking in the _Hrólfssaga_. In _Meriadoc_, the usurper plans to have the children hanged in a forest. In Saxo's version, the children having violated the condition on which they are to be spared, the usurper gathers an army to attack them. In the _Hrólfssaga_, there is a continuous effort on the part of the usurper to make away with the children. In _Havelok_, Grim, a fisherman, rescues the prince, who lives as a fisherman's son, under the name of Cuaran. In _Meriadoc_, the royal huntsman, Ivor, rescues the children and they live in a cave in the woods as a huntsman's children; Ivor is accompanied by his wife and his dog, Dolfin. In the _Hrólfssaga_, the children live in a cave in the woods as a shepherd's (Vifil's) children, responding, when necessary, to the names of dogs. In Saxo's version of the Hroar-Helgi story, the children are concealed in a hollow tree, food being brought to them under the pretence that they are dogs, and dogs' names are applied to them. In the Hamlet story, the rescue is supplied by the insanity motive, but friends at court are not wanting.