{"id":"01KG6YGB4RB5GTN0B58WXKW9S3","cid":"bafkreiggirz6nuonpuxygnfegzfxo33wvffigj7gccd7awyji3rhfkpjua","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# Negotiation with Mr. Scribe and Narrator's Inability to Part\n## Overview\nThis segment, titled \"Negotiation with Mr. Scribe and Narrator's Inability to Part,\" is a portion of the short story \"I and My Chimney.\" It details a negotiation between the narrator and a character named Mr. Scribe regarding an estimate, presumably for the removal or alteration of the narrator's chimney. The segment spans lines 729 to 746 of the source text.\n\n## Context\nThis segment is part of the short story \"[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9),\" which is included in the \"[Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF)\" collection. The text was extracted from the file \"[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB)\". This segment follows \"[Narrator's Internal Deliberation and Conspiracy](arke:01KG6YGB4R07DPZCNJSP77VNFA)\" and precedes \"[Wife's \\\"Holofernes\\\" Accusation and Narrator's Reflection](arke:01KG6YGB4R92G9K9NTVPQ7KAEQ)\".\n\n## Contents\nThe segment describes a second survey conducted by the narrator and Mr. Scribe, this time with the intention of establishing a financial estimate. Mr. Scribe proposes a price of \"five hundred dollars,\" which the narrator defers by stating he will \"think of it.\" This response prompts Mr. Scribe to withdraw, and the narrator's wife and daughters express their familiar exclamations. The narrator concludes by admitting his inability to part with his chimney, despite his resolve.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:51.610Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Negotiation with Mr. Scribe and Narrator's Inability to Part","end_line":746,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:24.702Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Negotiation with Mr. Scribe and Narrator's Inability to Part","source_file":"01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB","start_line":729,"text":"To my note, Mr. Scribe replied in person.\r\n\r\nOnce more we made a survey, mainly now with a view to a pecuniary\r\nestimate.\r\n\r\n“I will do it for five hundred dollars,” said Mr. Scribe at last, again\r\nhat in hand.\r\n\r\n“Very well, Mr. Scribe, I will think of it,” replied I, again bowing\r\nhim to the door.\r\n\r\nNot unvexed by this, for the second time, unexpected response, again he\r\nwithdrew, and from my wife, and daughters again burst the old\r\nexclamations.\r\n\r\nThe truth is, resolve how I would, at the last pinch I and my chimney\r\ncould not be parted.\r\n\r","title":"Negotiation with Mr. Scribe and Narrator's Inability to Part"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9","peer_type":"short_story","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG6YGB4R07DPZCNJSP77VNFA","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG6YGB4R92G9K9NTVPQ7KAEQ","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:25.528Z","ts":"2026-01-30T07:57:51.784Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}