"I? no, not at all—beyond an unavoidable apprehension at the thought of Counterfly with full run of the ship and no one to supervise him, I am as cheerful as a finch."
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"thought of Counterfly with full run of the ship"
If this thought troubles Lindsay, you'd think he'd figure out a way to keep it from happening. But we all know Lindsay would rather deny Counterfly a close inspection of the Chicago World's Fair and if that means leaving him alone with the Inconvenience, then so be it. It might trouble Lindsay to think what Counterfly might be doing to the ship but the reason he claims to be "cheerful" is probably because of withholding a fun night at the fair from the rebellious lad.
"cheerful as a finch"
I learned a few years ago that I can do a pretty realistic bird song imitation. Just now, I watched a YouTube video of a finch singing and it's almost exactly the bird song I can imitate.
I'm not sure Lindsay understands what "cheerful" actually means. He is, after all, the Spock of the Inconvenience. He probably just thinks "cheerful" means "not uncheerful" which it most definitely does not. So while he's not currently upset with somebody particularly, he simply thinks he's in a cheerful mood.
Unless the saying "cheerful as a finch" is ironic because finches are actually mopey jerks whose song sounds happy but in reality they're dive-bombing cats and poking other birds' eyes out for their seed. That seems like Lindsay.
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