Arnold meanwhile, ignorant of this delay, was waiting for the expected advance up the river of the British fleet.

He learned of the arrest of Andre while at breakfast on the morning of the twenty-fifth, waiting to be joined by Washington, who had just ridden in from Hartford.

Arnold received the startling news with extraordinary composure, finished the subject under discussion, and then left the table under pretext of a summons from across the river.

Within a few minutes his barge was moving swiftly to the Vulture eighteen miles away.
Thus Arnold escaped.

The unhappy Andre was hanged as a spy on the 2d of October.