Delmar introduced Sasha to Serge in the first place because he wanted to help her meet interesting people who would help her feel happy. However, he now reveals that he doesn’t actually like that Sasha was fond of Serge. His intentions, then, start to seem a little hazy: did he actually want to make Sasha happy, or did he only want it to
seem like he cared about her contentment? Given his romantic advance toward her earlier that day, it now seems that he has always had his own best interests in mind, hoping to endear himself to Sasha by introducing her to his friends. Again, then, Sasha has reason to be suspicious of a new acquaintance, whose intentions aren’t very straightforward.