Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / May 2007

Hello, there~!

In a novel, I found this expression and I have no idea.

A young man love a girl and proposed her but refused. The mysterious girl
asked him to get her the big money. 1910s America, in a barren Inn in a
deadly winter, some people gethered with mysterious purpose like Agasa
Christi's mystery novel.
So, he want to give her some information about the money, like this,

--
He went out through the open window and in another moment stood just outside
Miss Norton's room. She put a startled head out at his knock.
"Oh, it's you," she said. "I can't invite you in. You might learn terrible
secrets of the dressing-table--mamma is bedecking herself for dinner. Has
anything happened?"
"Throw something over your head, Juliet," smiled Magee, "the balcony is
waiting for you." She was at his side in a moment, and they walked briskly
along the shadowy white floor. "I know who has the moeny,...."
--

"Throw something over your head, Juliet", I don't know this expression, and
it seems Romio and Juliet doesn't have this expression. Maybe the writer
want to give humorous expression.

Help me~!

Donghoon