nine in the morning
For this there was need ; soldiers and officers were continually coming hither in hopes to gather fresh news of the great treason , or curious as to this strange capture of Sir Henry Clinton 's adjutant . General officers came and went with grave faces ; aides mounted and rode away in haste ; all was excitement and anxious interest , every one asking questions , and none much the wiser . With difficulty I succeeded in sending in a note to Hamilton along with Jack 's report . This was nigh to nine in the morning , but it was after midday before I got a chance to see my friend . Meanwhile I walked up and down in a state of such agitation and distress as never before nor since have I known . When I had seen Major Tallmadge , he knew but little of those details of Arnold 's treason which later became the property of all men ; but he did tell me that the correspondence had been carried on for Sir Henry by Andre in the name of Anderson , and this brought to my mind the letter which the Quaker farmer declined to surrender to me at the time I was serving as Arnold 's aide . I went back at last to Jack 's hut in the valley near the river and waited .