temeraire had expected more complaining , but quite to the contrary , caesar instead made himself unbearably smug about it , when mr. fellowes had rigged him out with more harness straps , and he made a point of learning the names of all his crew and saying such things as , `` mr. derrow , my third lieutenant , has done good work today : very handy managing the distribution of weight across the hindquarters , '' whenever they landed , or , `` it is a fine thing to have a proper ground crew , instead of only one or two unofficial attendants , i will say that much : a great advantage , if one would like perhaps to be scrubbed a little , or to have a harness-buckle adjusted just a touch . ''