What do they teach them in these schools?

Michael was on a business trip this last week, Wednesday through Friday. He was there with a coworker, John, with whom he carpooled. Apparently he told him that I was going to a “Jane Austen Party” on Saturday (actually a Pride and Prejudice party where we watched the entire A&E version of the beloved novel). John said “Who’s that?” Michael explained that she was a famous author.\par
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John wanted to know if the author was going to be there, or something.