It is the truth you might be intelligent enough to accept offer of help and shelter.

[Being offered the lap of luxury. Being rewarded with food, favour and fame. Jasper has found his experience of them all to be tainted by dishonest intentions. It is enough to make him grip the armrest in disgust.]

That hardly means you are not ignorant enough to overlook the fist hidden inside the glove. An outstretched hand is not always benevolent.