In which the scene is set amid the rustic pleasures of Kilburn in 1737, where the genteel yet dissipated Tom King, famed as the “Gentleman Highwayman,” holds court among his companions, including the transformed Jerry Juniper and the battered Magus Zoroaster, all under the watchful presidency of the jaunty Dick Turpin. Among punch and private discourse, schemes and loyalties unfold as Turpin reveals his intention to aid the embattled Sir Luke Rookwood, while a shadowed cave bears witness to secrets, oaths, and uneasy alliances that stir the fates of those entangled in this drama.