{"id":"01KG6YGB4YX3C69EP3RFCYN8TQ","cid":"bafkreibdjowfbcrgj4ypkggtmm35wmqizdvq2fyxv6y75al2c73ubquz7q","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# Wife's Suspicious Calm and Visit to Mr. Scribe's Residence\n## Overview\nThis is a segment extracted from the short story [I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9), part of the [Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF) collection. The segment, titled \"Wife's Suspicious Calm and Visit to Mr. Scribe's Residence,\" spans lines 764-775 of the source file [i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB). It was extracted on January 30, 2026.\n\n## Context\nThe segment is preceded by [Wife's \"Holofernes\" Accusation and Narrator's Reflection](arke:01KG6YGB4R92G9K9NTVPQ7KAEQ) and followed by [Arrival of a Note from Wife](arke:01KG6YGB4RH5YD3K1TWGSD9X3A), forming a sequence within the narrative of [I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9).\n\n## Contents\nThe segment describes the narrator's wife's unusual calm following a previous disagreement. The narrator notes her frequent outings in the direction of \"New Petra,\" the residence of Mr. Scribe, a master-mason. The description of Mr. Scribe's house emphasizes its ornate design, featuring chimneys in the form of dragons spouting smoke. The narrator suspects his wife's visits to Mr. Scribe's residence may be connected to her unusual behavior.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:52.237Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Wife's Suspicious Calm and Visit to Mr. Scribe's Residence","end_line":775,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:24.702Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Wife's Suspicious Calm and Visit to Mr. Scribe's Residence","source_file":"01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB","start_line":764,"text":"Nevertheless, for a few days, not a little to my surprise, I heard no\r\nfurther reproaches. An intense calm pervaded my wife, but beneath\r\nwhich, as in the sea, there was no knowing what portentous movements\r\nmight be going on. She frequently went abroad, and in a direction which\r\nI thought not unsuspicious; namely, in the direction of New Petra, a\r\ngriffin-like house of wood and stucco, in the highest style of\r\nornamental art, graced with four chimneys in the form of erect dragons\r\nspouting smoke from their nostrils; the elegant modern residence of Mr.\r\nScribe, which he had built for the purpose of a standing advertisement,\r\nnot more of his taste as an architect, than his solidity as a\r\nmaster-mason.\r\n\r","title":"Wife's Suspicious Calm and Visit to Mr. Scribe's Residence"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9","peer_type":"short_story","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG6YGB4R92G9K9NTVPQ7KAEQ","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG6YGB4RH5YD3K1TWGSD9X3A","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:25.534Z","ts":"2026-01-30T07:57:52.407Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}