`` mr. tharkay and my first lieutenant will go into the city with your man , while the rest of us remain : i am quite confident the ambassador 's staff will be able to arrange our visit entirely to the satisfaction of the sultan and his vezirs , even if you are quite correct there is no official delegate at present ; and i trust will also assist me in making good the losses to the royal herd ; which as temeraire has said were the result of accident and not malice . ''