devil's-triumph

Updated: May 6, 2025

And when the traitorous papers which had been found in André's possession were placed in his hands he was overcome with grief. "Arnold is a traitor, and has fled to the British," he said. "Whom can we trust now?" As he spoke the tears ran down his cheeks, bitter tears rung from his noble soul at the thought of this "one more devil's-triumph and sorrow for angels." The chief sinner had escaped.

H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall - This Country of Ours