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- # Emergence of Conflict
## Overview
This segment, titled "Emergence of Conflict," is an excerpt from the short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9)" by Herman Melville. It is a segment of text extracted from lines 215 to 222 of the source file, "[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB)." This segment was extracted on January 30, 2026.
## Context
The segment is part of a larger collection of Melville's works, the "[Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF)" collection. It follows the segment titled "[Deterioration and Philosophical Acceptance](arke:01KG6YGAFVER7VJHRKEA29NFC2)" and precedes the segment "[The Chimney's Magnitude and the Narrator's Contemplation](arke:01KG6YGAFVENYSHGFMBF29WRZF)."
## Contents
In this segment, the narrator describes a conflict with his wife regarding the deteriorating condition of their chimney. His wife warns him of the potential fire hazard due to crumbling parts where the chimney joins the roof. The narrator initially dismisses her concerns, prioritizing the chimney's structural integrity over the risk of fire, and refusing to "tweak the nose of my superior." However, the segment concludes with the man who holds the mortgage on the house issuing a warning, suggesting a growing pressure to address the chimney's issues.
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- In vain my wife—with what probable ulterior intent will, ere long,
appear—solemnly warned me, that unless something were done, and
speedily, we should be burnt to the ground, owing to the holes
crumbling through the aforesaid blotchy parts, where the chimney joined
the roof. “Wife,” said I, “far better that my house should burn down,
than that my chimney should be pulled down, though but a few feet. They
call it a wax nose; very good; not for me to tweak the nose of my
superior.” But at last the man who has a mortgage on the house dropped
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- Emergence of Conflict