“I have, by the way, a job offer...” – Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock ... TV Quotes Database

I have, by the way, a job offer I should like you to decline.

I...decline your kind offer.

I shall pass on your regrets.

What was it?

MI6. They want to place you back into Eastern Europe. An undercover assignment that would prove fatal to you in, I think, about six months.

Then why don't you want me to take it?

It's tempting, but on balance, you have more utility closer to home.

Utility! How do I have utility?

Here be dragons. [coughs on his cigarette] This isn't agreeing with me. I'm going in.

[amused] You need low tar. You still smoke like a beginner.

Also...your loss would break my heart.

[Sherlock chokes on his cigarette]

What the hell am I supposed to say to that?!

Merry Christmas?

You hate Christmas.

Yes. Perhaps there was something in the punch.

Clearly. Go and have some more.

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