And as I've said before. Howard only really feared one person in that court room. The much maligned Seidlin.
He went for Howard's throat....Drugs, money, marriage.
He scolded Virgie for the money and Howard must have loved it....Except consequently, Howard revealed that any monies were going into a corporation (Pocket B)..not in his pocket (Pocket A). I thought it was clever. Asking Virgie was just a way to ask the same question of Howard.