In which two men, locked in a tense game of dice beneath the flickering light of a candle and later glowworms, wager guineas with shifting fortune and mounting desperation, their surroundings alive with the quiet mystery of the heath. As the night deepens, the players part ways under the watchful eyes of local folk and the distant glow of carriage lamps, leaving behind a curious parcel that unwittingly entangles others in their nocturnal affairs.