When his trusted deputy heard from the spy the result of the interview between Allen and the governor, he called his aids together and asked their advice.
"Wentworth will give that fellow Allen all he asks," he said, "and our mission will be a failure."
"Cannot we capture this rebel and carry him over the border?"
"If we could we should be masters of the situation."
"Then we will do it."
"How?"
"Leave that to me. You must not know anything about it or it will compromise you."
"But, Edwards, unless I know the details how can I advise the governor or prove to him that it was justifiable?"
"That is the very thing you must not do until Allen and perhaps his men are in New York Colony. Then you can boldly say: 'Here is the rebel; hang him!'"
That evening, when the mountaineers were smoking their pipes in front of the inn, a man strolled leisurely along the street and looked at Allen and Warner, who were talking together.