`` myself , i do not see what is so wonderful about authority at all , '' temeraire said , when laurence ventured to disclose his anxiety that morning as they settled down for a rest ; they had encamped in a clearing high upon the leeward side of a mountain slope , untended but for a handful of former sheep now roasting under gong su 's careful hand in a fire-pit which did not give off much smoke , the better to avoid notice .