"Then we know each other's names," said the Countess; "and it will be well that we should be acquainted with each other's persons. I am becoming an old woman, and if I did not learn to know you now, or very shortly, I might never do so."

"Then it is as well that we should be acquainted with each other," said the Countess. "I am becoming an old woman, and if I do not get to know you soon, I might never do so."
