The other boy uttered a shrill cry.
"What's that?"
"The whistle for the coal-van to get out of the way."
"But I am the driver, and you are not to whistle."
"Then I am the conductor, and the conductor rings the bell."
"No, you're not. I am the driver and the conductor, and you are the people in the tramcar, and all you have to do is to sit still and pay your fare. Fares, please."
"I am not to pay my fare twice. I don't like to be the people."
"O, but you are to pay your fare again, for we are coming back now, and you are different people."
"I don't like this game. Let us play something else."
"Very well. We'll play it's a boat, and that you fall into the river, and I catch you and pull you out, and----"