You cant even trust each other.Robert Townsend
Did you see that coming?
Little did I know that theTurnteam was biding its time, quite ingeniously.
His mind has been made up for him.
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God as my witness, they will pay.
Those damn Queens Rangers!
Oh, if only it were Capt.
And Samuel got a semi-clear look at his face.
So were there clues that the Americans staged the Townsend raid?
I know of one.
So Caleb carried out the attack, making it look like a band of the Rangers.
Townsend needed just a push, Abe believed, and Caleb provided it and then some.
Washington is peeved at Tallmadge.
As a result, the American government is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
Somewhere between Setauket and Oyster Bay, Robert Rogers is being hunted like a dog.
But Rogers is savvy and even more dangerous when cornered.
He tricks one of his former Rangers and plants a tomahawk into his face.
But who will get to Oyster Bay first?
I dont trust him, he shouts at her angrily, before adding with a sneer.
I dont care how many timeshe ateat your fathers table.
Arnold has a better plan, a way to fix everything so he doesnt need the British.
This might work better if Arnold had the diplomatic tact of, say, Joseph Reed.
But when Washington arrives with Tallmadge and his valet/slave Billy Lee, Arnold is a bundle of nerves.
No one ever taught him totalk less, smile more.
Washington and Martha are a formidable team.
Martha is a saint to make small talk (Spanish fly, really George?)
She almost makes up for Arnolds shortcomings, openly flirting with the pure-of-heart Ben.
Arnold finally gets his audience alone with Washington, and George comes through for his friend.
(Though he really fears Rogers arrival.)
Anna shows up next to announce her new role as conduit, making for an awkward reunion with Abe.
Rogers puts a gun to Annas head, and they all sit around nice-like to wait for Robert.
Abe suddenly sounds like the throw in of man who ordered the barns burning.
If you hurt her, you die, he warns, before adding.
There is literally a clock ticking, giving Samuel nothing but time to remember why Caleb looks so familiar.
Youre him, he says to Caleb.
Abe cant be bothered to deny the charge that he ordered the attack.
Yes, its true.
I told him to, he says flatly.
I chose for you.
You couldnt do it yourself.
Rogers met her, but hes also met Peggy Shippen.
Is he confusing one for the other?
And does Townsend know that hes mistaken in naming Philomena as the cause of Andres current bout of melancholy?
The Townsends point Simcoe west, but he has a hunch that his target is doubling back to Setauket.
Hes correct, at least, in that the true Culper is heading in that direction.
By rowboat, no less.
Caleb, Anna, and Abe paddle home sadly, the ring in ruins.
I know what failure looks like, Caleb, Abe says.
The ring is done.
And so am I.
No one couldve done what you did for as long as you have, Anna tells Abe.
Will her anxious heart persuade her to seek a meeting with her love in Manhattan?
Might West Point turn out to be a convenient meeting place?
The Culper ring has been fractured, perhaps forever.
How will Abe and Caleb persuade Robert to stay in the fold?
Or is that now Annas job?
