The judge announced to the assembling crowd that she would be placed upon the wooden horse, and that bags with stones would be tied to her legs. Each bag would contain 21 pounds of stone, 2 grothels in the old units used by the law. She would then have to remain on the wooden horse until the sun had set and risen twice.

Two strong men lifted her up, and placed her on the horse. The top edge was perhaps half an inch wide, and polished smooth. She could feel it press into the flesh between her legs. For a short while she was almost disappointed that it wasn't sharper, as that would have made the experience more intense. But then they attached the bags to her legs, and the pressure between her legs turned to pain. She realized that even this horse would be hard to ride for two days, anything sharper would have crippled her for life.