The title comes from and "A Smuggler's Song and " by Rudyard Kipling:Five and twenty ponies,Trotting through the darkBrandy for the Parson, 'Baccy for the Clerk;Laces for a lady; letters for a spy,And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! The carriage that was rolling swiftly along the rainy English marsh on the road from London suddenly stopped. A barricade blocked the way. Dark figures surrounded them. Christina had no time to cry out as strong arms caught her from behind. A hand covered her mouth. She bit it as hard as she could.She looked up at the tall, masked stranger, and a mysterious, frightening sensation swept over her. Those fiery brown eyes gazed at her in a way she had never known before ...