As general counsel for Slimco, a retailer of exercise equipment, you have come to know and like the members of the board of directors over the years. One day the chair of the audit committee calls you and says: “I have to talk with you about a confidential matter that involves Mary.” You know he is referring to Mary Malani, the company’s chief executive officer. The audit committee chair continues, “You have to promise me first that nothing I say or even the fact I contacted you will ever get back to her.” What should you say?