 For basic sense, you can read each of Shakespeare's sonnets in a minute or two. For a little more chewiness and analysis, five or six minutes. The trouble is keeping them apart. Shakespeare wrote them over many years, probably, and here she is, trying to rustle up a theory in two days and hook it convincingly on. Annabelle takes a sip of the hot, clear, brownish water, tasting grimly of good health.