He met his fate bravely.

Washington, it is said, shed tears at its stern necessity under military law.

Forty years later the bones of Andre were reburied in Westminster Abbey, a tribute of pity for a fine officer.
The treason of Arnold is not in itself important, yet Washington wrote with deep conviction that Providence had directly intervened to save the American cause.

Arnold might be only one of many.

Washington said, indeed, that it was a wonder there were not more.