To Colonel Wade at West Point he wrote: "Arnold has gone to the enemy; you are in command, be vigilant." To Jameson he sent word to guard Andre closely.

To the colonels and commanders of various outlying regiments he sent orders to bring up their troops.

Everything was done that should have been done, quickly, quietly, and without comment.

The most sudden and appalling treachery had failed to shake his nerve, or confuse his mind.
Yet the strong and silent man was wrung to the quick, and when everything possible had been done, and he had retired to his room, the guard outside the door heard him marching back and forth through all the weary night.

The one thing he least expected, because he least understood it, had come to pass.