Horatia goes with Lord Lethbridge to a masked ball that the Earl had forbidden her from attending. There she attempts to persuade the expert Lethbridge into playing cards with her and he proposes that they play for a lock of her hair.
At a masked gathering forbidden by the Earl, Horatia accompanies Lord Lethbridge. She attempts to persuade him to play cards with her, and he proposes a wager: a lock of her hair.