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asked Hector , in a tone of disgust . `` He does n't seem to have . '' As soon as school was out , Jim Smith had looked round for the new boy , who seemed disposed to defy his authority . On account of eating at different tables , they had not met during the noon intermission . At any rate , there had not been time to settle the question of subserviency . Through the afternoon session Jim had been anticipating the signal punishment which he intended to inflict upon the newcomer . `` I 'll show him ! ''