- description
- # The Ticking Table
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
"The Ticking Table" is a segment from the novel [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG6GJKJ0PQQH41HGQ3BBMH23), extracted from the text file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG6FXSCNX5F3D880P3YP3PKR). This segment, identified as a "segment," spans lines 10167 to 10608 of the source file. It was extracted on January 30, 2026, and is part of the [Test Collection](arke:01KG2T49K0H5GDRB0G4YDTPG8H).
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This segment is part of the novel "Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces," which is contained within the file "billy_budd.txt." The file is part of the "Test Collection." The segment follows "THE APPLE-TREE TABLE" (arke:01KG6GK9PMC96RNAC5MD45S1PC) and precedes "The Bug in the Table" (arke:01KG6GK9PNVA7517VNR0NXKXAW). The text was extracted by the "structure-extraction-lambda" on January 30, 2026.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The segment contains eight chunks of text (arke:01KG6GMS7T35JQJKFPWKXE2QW6, arke:01KG6GMS7TXGD6CQA71SWMF5D2, arke:01KG6GMS7XHYKXAXGCMARFZK3J, arke:01KG6GMS7TD42CQ9TW3N9WJ4S9, arke:01KG6GMS7XS809CYHPPRTED071, arke:01KG6GMS7ZHKA7Z4VSHVG72KMW, arke:01KG6GMS7ZXG1SBQTVJKB4Z9MA, arke:01KG6GMS81VF1KWC1Q2TKZX23X). The narrative describes a mysterious ticking sound emanating from a table, which the narrator investigates. The narrator eventually discovers a bug within the table, explaining the source of the sound.
- description_generated_at
- 2026-01-30T03:56:01.187Z
- description_model
- gemini-2.5-flash-lite
- description_title
- The Ticking Table
- end_line
- 10608
- extracted_at
- 2026-01-30T03:54:18.704Z
- extracted_by
- structure-extraction-lambda
- start_line
- 10167
- text
- null
- title
- The Ticking Table