Not because he feared them or felt unequal to them! Oh, no.

But because such an outbreak would make the regiment more difficult to control in the greater emergency, and he knew he needed all the influence and moral power and force he could exercise to keep it in line for the graver duty and more tremendous responsibility it must now face.
And because he did not wish to leave it with Marteau in Grenoble, he took the regiment with him.

If he could force it to do its duty and arrest Napoleon, he could deal with Marteau at his leisure.

The Emperor was the greater issue, and Marteau benefited by that fact.
So, with drums beating and flags flying, the Fifth-of-the-Line marched down the road.

With the Colonel and his staff rode Sir Gervaise Yeovil and his son.