Listen, a goad's anything that provokes or incites an enemy — let me have a go: cursed deamon! you have met your end! the shivering fire awaits you! i shall spread your vile essance across this hall like... um, like margarine, a very think layer of it... — ye-es... im not sure he'll pick up on that analogy. never mind, keep going.

Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate (ed. Disney-Hyperion, 2005) - ISBN: 9780786818617