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- # CHAPTER VI.
## Overview - What this is (type, form, dates, scope)
Chapter VI of the novel "[THE CONFIDENCE-MAN: HIS MASQUERADE.](arke:01KG8AJ86G6HP7TCHND218MWGA)" is a structural component of the novel, extracted from the text file "[the_confidence_man.txt](arke:01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4)" on January 30, 2026. This chapter, spanning lines 1393 to 1701 of the source text, is part of the "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER V](arke:01KG8AJJRSJDR0VDE83NPAST6V) and followed by [CHAPTER VII. A GENTLEMAN WITH GOLD SLEEVE-BUTTONS.](arke:01KG8AJJRSD8D6KH52EB3K3B42).
## Context - Background and provenance from related entities
This chapter is part of Herman Melville's novel, "The Confidence-Man," which is included in the "Melville Complete Works" collection. The text was extracted from the source file "the_confidence_man.txt". The chapter's structure was identified and extracted by the "structure-extraction-lambda" tool.
## Contents - What it contains, key subjects and details
The chapter is titled "AT THE OUTSET OF WHICH CERTAIN PASSENGERS PROVE DEAF TO THE CALL OF CHARITY." It contains four chunks of text. The first chunk describes a well-to-do gentleman's refusal to donate to a charity and his subsequent interaction with a man in gray. The second chunk features the wooden-legged man and his story about a Frenchman and his wife. The third chunk continues the discussion about the negro and the wooden-legged man's views. The fourth chunk concludes with the man in gray's appeal for the Seminole Widow and Orphan Asylum.
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AT THE OUTSET OF WHICH CERTAIN PASSENGERS PROVE DEAF TO THE CALL OF
CHARITY.