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- # Arrival of a Note from Wife
## Overview
This segment, titled "Arrival of a Note from Wife," is a textual excerpt from the short story "I and My Chimney." It is part of the larger "Melville" collection. The segment is extracted from the file `i_and_my_chimney.txt`.
## Context
The segment is situated within the short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9)," a work by Herman Melville. This story is part of the "[Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF)" collection. The text was extracted from the file "[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB)." This segment follows "[Wife's Suspicious Calm and Visit to Mr. Scribe's Residence](arke:01KG6YGB4YX3C69EP3RFCYN8TQ)" and precedes "[The Letter from Hiram Scribe](arke:01KG6YGB4YGMSWP37Q3C76QM69)."
## Contents
This segment describes a moment where the narrator, while smoking his pipe one morning, hears a rap at the door. His wife then brings him a note with an unusually quiet demeanor. The text captures the beginning of an interaction that leads to the reading of this note.
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- Arrival of a Note from Wife
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- At last, smoking my pipe one morning, I heard a rap at the door, and my
wife, with an air unusually quiet for her brought me a note. As I have
- title
- Arrival of a Note from Wife