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Ye see there 's four other traders on this island besides me , and all my business has gone to them . But what can I do ? The silly auld fule of a Rimé wo n't give in , and I canna see him starve -- the damned auld Papist . '' ***** At noon , as Packenham , with his supercargo and Macpherson , stepped out of the trader 's dwelling , and walked together to the Mission House , a native went through the village blowing a conch . Lilo had agreed to meet the white men and discuss matters with them . Already the big room in the teacher 's house was filled with people , who sat around the walls three or four deep , talking in whispered tones , and wondering why the white men troubled so much over a miserable old man and a wretched child , who were both accursed `` Katolikos . '' As the captain and his friends entered , Lilo , the teacher , advanced to meet them .