{"id":"01KG8AJQ3CQB4GAAKBZK59MTPQ","cid":"bafkreia3nf3ewefrczd3btmmkz2qxog4hi4qir7fofatuzpb3papybdfyi","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# Narrator's flight and Bartleby's removal\n\n## Overview\nThis text segment is extracted from the short story \"Bartleby, The Scrivener\" by Herman Melville. It describes the narrator's immediate reaction to the removal of Bartleby from his office and the subsequent events. The segment spans lines 1366-1393 of the source text file.\n\n## Context\nThis segment is part of the short story [Bartleby, The Scrivener](arke:01KG8AJ8SS2R5YVRHT1BCDZZNP), which is included in the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the file [bartleby_the_scrivener.txt](arke:01KG89J1CRGPEZ66W67EZPAMPE). It follows the \"Escalation of refusals and narrator's despair\" segment and precedes the \"Bartleby's Removal and Initial Confinement\" segment.\n\n## Contents\nThe segment details the narrator's flight from his office after learning of Bartleby's removal to the Tombs. He flees the building, travels through the city, and reflects on his actions and responsibilities towards Bartleby. The narrator then describes receiving a note from the landlord, requesting his presence at the Tombs to provide a statement. The segment concludes with the narrator's conflicting feelings about the situation.\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:09.941Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Narrator's flight and Bartleby's removal","end_line":1393,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:37.562Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Narrator's flight and Bartleby's removal","source_file":"01KG89J1CRGPEZ66W67EZPAMPE","start_line":1366,"text":"I answered nothing; but effectually dodging every one by the suddenness\r\nand rapidity of my flight, rushed from the building, ran up Wall-street\r\ntowards Broadway, and jumping into the first omnibus was soon removed\r\nfrom pursuit. As soon as tranquility returned I distinctly perceived\r\nthat I had now done all that I possibly could, both in respect to the\r\ndemands of the landlord and his tenants, and with regard to my own\r\ndesire and sense of duty, to benefit Bartleby, and shield him from rude\r\npersecution. I now strove to be entirely care-free and quiescent; and\r\nmy conscience justified me in the attempt; though indeed it was not so\r\nsuccessful as I could have wished. So fearful was I of being again\r\nhunted out by the incensed landlord and his exasperated tenants, that,\r\nsurrendering my business to Nippers, for a few days I drove about the\r\nupper part of the town and through the suburbs, in my rockaway; crossed\r\nover to Jersey City and Hoboken, and paid fugitive visits to\r\nManhattanville and Astoria. In fact I almost lived in my rockaway for\r\nthe time.\r\n\r\nWhen again I entered my office, lo, a note from the landlord lay upon\r\nthe desk. I opened it with trembling hands. It informed me that the\r\nwriter had sent to the police, and had Bartleby removed to the Tombs as\r\na vagrant. Moreover, since I knew more about him than any one else, he\r\nwished me to appear at that place, and make a suitable statement of the\r\nfacts. These tidings had a conflicting effect upon me. At first I was\r\nindignant; but at last almost approved. The landlord’s energetic,\r\nsummary disposition had led him to adopt a procedure which I do not\r\nthink I would have decided upon myself; and yet as a last resort, under\r\nsuch peculiar circumstances, it seemed the only plan.\r\n\r","title":"Narrator's flight and Bartleby's removal"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ8SS2R5YVRHT1BCDZZNP","peer_type":"short_story","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1CRGPEZ66W67EZPAMPE","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJQ3DP6Y4EA6XFRXJSYR4","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJQ3GJFMMAJSMS6ETGDR7","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:40.652Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:10.209Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}