I walked out the door to Grace.
"This is killing me just as much as it is you so you're going to have to deal with it. I bet Shiro shit his pants by now." I said to her quietly.
“Can a magician kill a man by magic?” Lord Wellington asked Strange.
Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. “I suppose a magician might,” he admitted, “but a gentleman never could.” — Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell