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- # CHAPTER XXIII. THE SECOND NIGHT OFF PAPEETEE
## Overview
This is the twenty-third chapter of the novel *Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas*. It spans from line 3022 to line 3228 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter is part of the novel *Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas*, a work by Herman Melville. The novel itself is contained within the larger collection titled "Melville Complete Works" and was extracted from the file "omoo.txt". This chapter follows "CHAPTER XXII. THE CONSUL’S DEPARTURE" and precedes "CHAPTER XXIV. OUTBREAK OF THE CREW".
## Contents
This chapter details events occurring during the second night off Papeetee. It begins with the mate, Jermin, returning to the ship in a drunken state and attempting to persuade the crew to embark on a short cruise. The crew, however, is determined to go ashore. The chapter describes a fight between a crew member named Ben and the ship's Mowree, Bembo, which is broken up by the mate. Later, Bembo, seemingly with malicious intent, takes the helm during the night. The chapter culminates in the discovery that Bembo is steering the ship directly towards a coral reef. The crew intervenes, wrests the helm from Bembo, and narrowly avoids disaster by executing a quick maneuver, sailing away from the reef.
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