Scott Lynch Quote

Is this man, ah, senile?
He's absolutely competent, she answered coldly.
I assure you I am, roared Cordo. Anger changed his countenance utterly. And I will not be put off from business by assassins in my own bedroom! Now, you will either kill me immediately or negotiate the price of my release!

Chapter 16 Settling Accounts section 3 (p. 712) - Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007)