In Act 2, scene 4, Juliet's nurse comes to speak with Romeo, as Juliet promised him she would. She comes to him to inquire about what arrangements he has made for their marriage. When she arrives, Mercutio is especially rude to her, making all kinds of sexual innuendos and inappropriately lewd jokes, some of them at her expense. Eventually, she and Romeo step away to talk privately, and she chastises him for his attentions to Juliet if he is not serious. He begins to try to explain that he is serious and has made plans for their nuptials, but she interrupts him and goes on about how happy Juliet will be. He then wonders, "What wilt thou tell her, nurse? Thou dost not mark me" (2.4.179-180). In other words, she isn't really listening to him, and so Romeo worries about what it is that she is actually going to report back to Juliet. She eventually allows him to explain the plans he's made.
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