i do not in the least , '' temeraire answered , `` or any of these other complaints ; it is all nonsense , when what you mean is , '' he added to forthing and his associates , `` you would like to keep the eggs by you , so that they should not know any better when they hatch , but think they must go at once into harness , and that they must take whichever of you wins them by chance : i heard you talk of drawing lots last night in the gunroom , so you need n't try and deny it .