Here, at the last moment, when the vessel was about to weigh anchor,
Craven Le Noir took leave of his father and set out for the Hidden
House.
And here Colonel Le Noir's regiment was joined by the company of new
recruits in which Herbert Greyson held a commission as lieutenant,
and thus the young man's worst forebodings were realized in having
for a traveling companion and superior officer the man of whom he
had been destined to make a mortal enemy, Colonel Le Noir. However,
Herbert soon marked out his course of conduct, which was to avoid Le
Noir as much as was consistent with his own official duty, and, when
compelled to meet him, to deport himself with the cold ceremony of a
subordinate to a superior officer.
Le Noir, on his part, treated Herbert with an arrogant scorn
amounting to insult, and used every opportunity afforded him by his
position to wound and humiliate the young lieutenant.
After a quick and prosperous voyage they reached New Orleans, where
they expected to be farther reinforced by a company of volunteers
who had come down the Mississippi river from St. Louis. These
volunteers were now being daily drilled at their quarters in the
city, and were only waiting the arrival of the vessel to be enrolled
in the regiment.
One morning, a few days after the ship reached harbor, Herbert
Greyson went on shore to the military rendezvous to see the new
recruits exercised.
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