You'll have no more trouble with them." "And you think that just because you found Tom had something in his hat, and exposed him ?" said Mrs.Martin scornfully.
"Tom HADN'T anything in his hat," said Twing, wiping his mouth slowly.
"Nothing ?" repeated Mrs.Martin.
"No." "But I SAW you take the things out." "That was only a TRICK! He had nothing except what I had up my sleeve, and forced on him.

He knew it, and that frightened him, and made him look like a fool, and so bursted up his conspiracy.

There's nothin' boys are more afraid of than ridicule, or the man or boy that make 'em ridiculous." "I won't ask you if you call this FAIR to the boy, Mr.Twing ?" said Mrs.
Martin hotly; "but is this your idea of discipline ?" "I call it fair, because Tom knew it was some kind of a trick, and wasn't deceived.

I call it discipline if it made him do what was right afterwards, and makes him afraid or unwilling to do anything to offend me or you again.

He likes me none the worse for giving him a chance of being laughed out of a thing instead of being DRIVEN out of it.