You'd find a place among them, Mr Dominic, with a great deal more ease. A spy among spies. I doubt whether I'd be a good fit for a discredited intelligence agency. [So she says, but they can't pretend she's never how high-ed to someone's orders to jump.] My place is in the private sector, or what continues to pass for it.

[Buying expensive shoes while she can, even though the other side of her has seen and lived through what's to come.]

Besides, I still seem to be making offers.

I was just about to ask how you've been. Now I wonder whether retired isn't a sufficient answer. [Retired is more of an answer than she likely deserves, considering it's a personal question.]