"Yes, colonel; I wanted to know if it were true that you had arranged to send a portion of our cannon and ammunition to New Haven?"
"It is quite true."
"Why did you not consult me?"'
"It was not necessary."
"I am commander here."
"I beg your pardon, Mr. Allen."
Allen passed over the insulting way in which Benedict Arnold addressed him, and very calmly replied:
"You came to me as a volunteer, and I accepted your services and those of your men."
"Quite true."
"Since when, then, have you been given the command?"