"Well good morning, Clarice," the familiar voice resonated through the phone, "beginning a conversation with an untruth is not like you. Ex agent Starling would be more accurate, would it not? Although knowing you, that is a temporary situation at best, and an unjust criticism of your skills as an agent, skills which you undoubtedly possess... in abundance."
He let the implication stand, that she might take it any way she wished.