The Countess and PERSON@1 recognize the letter -LRB- having seen it previously -RRB- and whisper the information on to PERSON@2 , who gets out of this scrape by saying PERSON@3 gave it to him because it still needed the Count 's seal .

The Countess and PERSON@1 recognize the letter -LRB- they had already seen it -RRB- and whisper the information to PERSON@2 , who gets out of this situation by saying PERSON@3 gave it to him because it still needed the Count 's seal .
