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u. BILL I will. BERT Don't you, Bill. You've got your family to consider. BILL Well, anyway, I won't let any more of them passengers go jumping into trains any more, not when they're moving, I won't. When the train gets in, doors shut. That's the rule. And they'll 'ave to abide by it. BERT Well, I wouldn't stop one, not if... BILL I don't care. They ain't going to 'ave me on the mat again and talk all that stuff to me. No, if someone 'as to suffer... 'Ere she is. [Noise of approaching train heard.] BERT Ay, that's her. BILL And shut goes the door. [Enter JOHN BEAL.] BERT Wait a moment, Bill. BILL Not if he's... Not if he was ever so. JOHN [preparing to pass] Good morning.... BILL Can't come through. Too late. JOHN Too late? Why, the train's only just in. BILL Don't care. It's the rule. JOHN O, nonsense. [He carries on.] BILL It's too late. I tell you you can't come. JOHN But that's absurd. I want to catch my train. BILL It's too late. BERT Let him go, Bill. BILL I'm blowed if I let him go. JOHN I want to catch my train. [JOHN is stopped by BILL and pushed back by the face. JOHN advances towards BILL looking like fighting. The train has gone.] BILL Only doing my duty. [JOHN stops and reflects at this, deciding it isn't good enough. He shrugs his shoulders, turns round and goes away.] JOHN I shouldn't be surprised if I didn't get even with you one of these days, you..... and some way you won't expect. Curtain SCENE 2 Yesterday evening. [Curtain rises on JOHN and MARY in their suburban home.] JOHN I say, dear. Don't you think we ought to plant an acacia? MARY An acacia, what's that, John? JOHN O, it's one of those trees that they have. MARY But why, John? JOHN Well, you see the house is called The Acacias, and it seems rather silly not to have at least one. MARY O, I don't think that matters. Lots of places are called lots of things. Everyone does. JOHN Yes, but it might help the postman. MARY O, no, it wouldn't, dear. He wouldn't know an acacia if he saw it any more than I should. JOHN Quite right, Mary, you're always right. What a clever head you've got! MARY Have I, John? We'll plant an acacia if you like. I'll ask about it at the grocer's. JOHN You can't get one there. MARY No, but he's sure to know where
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