`` if you ask me , '' temeraire said , his tail lashing violently-he had been deeply agitated since maila 's visit , and laurence had not yet had any opportunity to pursue the cause- '' he is not interested in you and your eggs , after all ; he wants only to keep the empress locked up safe here in the mountains , and not let to do anything : and i am sure he will want to do the same with granby , too . ''