{"id":"01KG8AKRMT26267G327ED0B71B","cid":"bafkreid5lczl44vfcnvby5ml5a5t3mzplruznadjixemc63l2zsgivq3rm","type":"subsection","properties":{"description":"# II.\n\n## Overview\nThis entity is a subsection labeled \"II.\" within a larger work. It is part of the chapter titled \"[BOOK IX. MORE LIGHT, AND THE GLOOM OF THAT LIGHT. MORE GLOOM, AND THE LIGHT OF THAT GLOOM.](arke:01KG8AJSNW9DK9WB4DQDCR9BS8)\" and was extracted from the file \"[pierre.txt](arke:01KG89J1JSYKSGCE149MH9HF6A)\".\n\n## Context\nThis subsection is situated within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It follows subsection \"I.\" and precedes subsection \"III.\".\n\n## Contents\nThe text of this subsection describes a character named Pierre sitting in his chamber, surrounded by books and papers. His mind is described as \"wandering and vague.\" He picks up Dante's *Inferno*, reading the lines: \"Through me you pass into the city of Woe; / Through me you pass into eternal pain; / Through me, among the people lost for aye. / All hope abandon, ye who enter here.\" He then picks up Shakespeare's *Hamlet*, reading: \"The time is out of joint;--Oh cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right!\". The text emphasizes Pierre's internal state and his engagement with these literary works.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:50:10.015Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"II.","end_line":7502,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:07.470Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"II.","source_file":"01KG89J1JSYKSGCE149MH9HF6A","start_line":7467,"text":"II.\r\n\r\nIn the profoundly silent heart of a house full of sleeping serving-men\r\nand maids, Pierre now sat in his chamber before his accustomed round\r\ntable, still tossed with the books and the papers which, three days\r\nbefore, he had abruptly left, for a sudden and more absorbing object.\r\nUppermost and most conspicuous among the books were the Inferno of\r\nDante, and the Hamlet of Shakspeare.\r\n\r\nHis mind was wandering and vague; his arm wandered and was vague. Soon\r\nhe found the open Inferno in his hand, and his eye met the following\r\nlines, allegorically overscribed within the arch of the outgoings of the\r\nwomb of human life:\r\n\r\n    \"Through me you pass into the city of Woe;\r\n     Through me you pass into eternal pain;\r\n     Through me, among the people lost for aye.\r\n\r\n           *       *       *       *       *\r\n\r\n     All hope abandon, ye who enter here.\"\r\n\r\nHe dropped the fatal volume from his hand; he dropped his fated head\r\nupon his chest.\r\n\r\nHis mind was wandering and vague; his arm wandered and was vague. Some\r\nmoments passed, and he found the open Hamlet in his hand, and his eyes\r\nmet the following lines:\r\n\r\n    \"The time is out of joint;--Oh cursed spite,\r\n     That ever I was born to set it right!\"\r\n\r\nHe dropped the too true volume from his hand; his petrifying heart\r\ndropped hollowly within him, as a pebble down Carrisbrook well.\r\n\r\n\r","title":"II."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJSNW9DK9WB4DQDCR9BS8","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1JSYKSGCE149MH9HF6A","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKRMTXTMFHPMNQMKPFAMS","peer_type":"subsection","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AKRMTX0R4V6ENDZRCYF62","peer_type":"subsection","predicate":"next"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:15.002Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:50:10.269Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}