"It wasn't a reference to you, but rather to Romeo, who is rather an idiot," Ella said, deciding no one had a sense of humor in this room, and it was best to just make it through the scene.
She recited Juliet's lines, the ones asking how Romeo got to her, and she kept true to the words as she remembered them, though she skipped a phrase here and there. Normally, she would have offered commentary throughout, but she did not mention the childishness of Romeo and Juliet, despite her wish to.