`` she wanted some water , '' grig said , `` and then she wanted me to fly back to camp and be sure that her treasure was under proper guard ; but captain rozhkov would not give me leave to do that , so i had to go back and tell her so , '' he hunched his shoulders as if in the memory of a blow , as he repeated this , `` and then she had me carry him a message , and say that if he did not let me go , she would go herself ; so then i had to come back and tell her that if she left , he would call off the guard and let all her treasure be stolen- '' `` well , it seems to me a perfectly wretched arrangement , '' temeraire said , `` and i do not see how any of you are going to fight properly , when we have any fighting : you will be too tired . ''