you go into the anteroom. I shall be ready to go out with you in
half an hour."

Orderlies were then despatched to the various officers' lodgings,
and in a few minutes they assembled. The colonel told them what had
happened, and said that in his opinion it concerned the honour of
the regiment to see that their comrade's son was properly equipped.

All those who had known Captain Campbell were greatly pleased with
the news, and there was not a dissenting voice when the colonel
proposed that there should be a general subscription of two days'
pay. He himself, however, and Captain Campbell's friends, gave
a much larger amount, and the total was amply sufficient for the
equipment of a young man of good family joining the army. Hector was
then called in and informed of what had taken place, and heartily
congratulated by the officers. He was greatly affected by their
kindness and the proof of the estimation in which his father had
been held.

"We had always intended to do this," the colonel said, "when the
time came for your entering the army, for we felt that it would
indeed be a discredit to the regiment were you to go into the
world without the equipment that a Scottish gentleman should have.
Now, Captain Mackenzie and Captain Home, I will ask you to act as
furnishers. You know what is required for a young officer on the
staff of a general like Viscount Turenne, who would be called upon
to accompany him to court, and must do him no discredit; besides
which, he must of course have clothes for a campaign. He will not
need arms, for I have kept for him his father's sword and pistols.
See that the tailors undertake to get his clothes ready quickly,