[It would certainly not be the first time he's bent the rules to achieve a goal, though Sholmes would hardly say this qualifies. This is just a bit of-]

I wish to teach you how to properly read a client's body language so that you might pinch every single penny from them!

[He says it brightly, unabashedly. Though he is not much of a teacher, normally, or a mentor of any sort, he believes this task is one he can achieve with an attentive "student" -- and one can only hope that Jack complies.]

But I believe the preferred term is... schmoozing.