JACQUES. Of course.
HENRIETTE. Then—you wouldn't be annoyed if I said something nice about Albert?
[Jacques brings down C. chair which is by desk, facing Henriette.
JACQUES. Why, he's your friend!
HENRIETTE. Oh! So you, too, have a good opinion of him?
JACQUES. Certainly.
HENRIETTE. Well, what would you say of him?
JACQUES. [Trying to be fair.] I'd trust him with money—I've never heard he was a thief.
HENRIETTE. But in other ways?
JACQUES. [Still conscientious.] I believe him to be somewhat—somewhat——