[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Ufa cawte tju'ilavait si tjloriewement defender mh-u dans son coettr. File y eta bientol de profoudes racines, et sa trahison en fut le fruit. Perdu liour la vertu la premiere fois qu'il avoit balance entre 1' observation et 'infraction de ses devoirs, il fut perdu pour son pays, a l'iustant oil il,>ut sans horreur avoir l'idee de le trahir." view with him, to complete the arrangements for their "speculation." On Sunday, September K>th, in the afternoon, Arnold went down the river to King's Ferry, near Stony Point, and stayed overnight at the house of Joshua Hett Smith, above I la verstra w, about two and a half miles from Stony Point. The next morning (Monday), September 11th, he went down the west shore to a point opposite Dobbs Ferry, to meet there Andre and Beverly Robinson, the Tory, but they did not come. He stayed there till night, and then went up the river again, arriving at his quarters at the Robinson house before morning, on Tuesday, the 12th. Arnold had the impudence to write to Washington a letter representing this trip to Dobbs Ferry, to complete his treason, as an instance of his own vigilance to reconnoitre and thwart the enemy. But what was st ill more, he wrote to General