JOHN
O, well, it can't be helped now; but I'd like to have caught it in sp... [An idea seizes him.]
MARY
What is it?
JOHN
Can't be helped, I said. It's the very thing that can be helped.
MARY
Can be helped, John? Whatever do you mean?
JOHN
I mean he'd no right to stop me catching that train. I've got the crystal, and I'll catch it yet!