What figure of speech is "the only thing I could think" and why?

Does anyone know the answers to these two? i don’t want to have to guess, you!

Mrs. hale (her hand against her pocket). we call it-knot it, mr. henderson.what changes might a director or screenwriter make to the original version of this scene in order to best emphasize themood? cut dialogue from the scene to make it a more approphate lengthupdate the setting to appeal to a more modern-day audienceomit the actions of the characters to avoid confusion and chaoso include the use of lighting, camera angles, and sound effectsmark this and returnnextsubmit

Nthis excerpt from act v of shakespeare's romeo and juliet, friar laurence's letter to romeo is not delivered due to circumstances beyond his control. what is the conflict in the scene?