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`` Do you know how the row was settled between him and the captain ? '' asked Pelham . `` I do not ; but I am confident Mr. Lowington sustained the captain , '' answered Terrill . `` I was in hopes that we had got rid of him when he went on board of the ship yesterday , and I was mad when I saw him coming back to-day noon . '' `` There is not a fellow in the Josephine that did n't have the same thought , '' added Pelham . `` I do n't see why a man need try to make himself as disagreeable as he does . All the students were willing to treat him with respect , and get their lessons well ; but he is as crank as an alderman . ''