"That sort of profanity," Kitty says primly, "is hardly necessary. And anyway - "

Anyway. Never mind that she'd just been wondering it in the back of her mind; now that Bartimaeus has accused her, aloud, of bringing him here, she feels utter exasperated outrage that he would even think that she's responsible for this. Because, honestly, how ridiculous can you get?

"If you haven't noticed, I'm not a magician, so how on earth could it have been me who brought you here?"