I--" "I am overjoyed to hear you say this, Countess," he said very seriously.
"I have been so bold on occasion as to assert--for your private ear, of course--that you could not, by any freak of nature, happen to care for Count Marlanx, whom I know only by description.

You have laughed at my so-called American wit, and you have been most tolerant.

Now, I feel that I am justified.

I'm immeasurably glad to hear you confess that you do not love your husband." "I cannot imagine any one so stupid as to think that I do love Count Marlanx, for that matter, that he loves me.

Still, I am relieved to hear you say that you are glad.