They were the terror of the Dover Road, that pair of dark-faced highwaymen, Kit and Cub Carrington, with their scarlet neckerchiefs and purple masks. Yet when the handsome Mr. Cavendish first encountered the swaggering Cub at The Black Horse’, he little thought that either of the wild Carrington brothers would again cross his path. But they did, and so did Carrie Carrington when, following the kidnapping of the captive lady, she gatecrashed Lady Angela's ball.