I'd a good mind to pull the cord and stop the train.

But I thought I'd see if I could pull him round first.
So I picked him up and stuck him up on the seat.

Would you believe it, Jossy?
The moment he was up he stopped howling and began grinning.

It had all been a plant to get me to lift him up; and as soon as he'd made me do it he laughed at me! I can tell you it's not pleasant to be made a fool of, even by a kid.
"I'm sitting beside you now," he said, as much as to tell me he'd scored one off me.
I was too disgusted to take any further notice of him.

I suppose he saw I was riled, and began to be a bit civil.