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"Shall you be ready to meet Shakespeare when he comes here on Tuesday night, Beth? " asked Mr. Cortlandt unexpectedly, emerging from behind his morning paper. "It is the custom of some people to ‘get up' handy quotations from an author before meeting him, to have them ready to use; it's supposed to please him, but all real authors hate it. If you like I'll rehearse the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet and we'll act it for Mr. Shakespeare when he comes."
Beth smiled in a puzzled way, looking inquiringly at her uncle. She knew there was some clue to the meaning of his nonsense, but she lacked it.