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- # Narrator's Persuasion and Consideration
## Overview
This is a segment extracted from the short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG8AJ72QDX8N8STJ3550X2NW)" by Herman Melville. The segment, titled "Narrator's Persuasion and Consideration," spans lines 600-603 of the source file, "[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG89J1H4TA19251AXAPE3ZWC)". It describes the narrator's gradual shift in perspective regarding his chimney.
## Context
The segment is part of a larger collection, "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)". It follows the segment "[Narrator's Initial Resistance](arke:01KG8AJMK8TVZSSZ117M67C0B0)" and precedes "[Introduction of Mr. Scribe and Survey Begins](arke:01KG8AJMKF80TKFRHGV4FJ5NPE)". The text was extracted by a structure-extraction-lambda function and manually edited by user 01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H.
## Contents
The segment reveals the narrator's evolving stance on the potential removal of his chimney. Initially resistant to the idea, influenced by his wife and daughters, he begins to reconsider. The narrator states he was "persuaded to think a little better of it; in short, to take the matter into preliminary consideration." This sets the stage for the introduction of Mr. Scribe, a master-mason, who is brought in to survey the chimney, as described in the subsequent segment.
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- Narrator's Persuasion and Consideration
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- So said I then. But who is sure of himself, especially an old man, with
both wife and daughters ever at his elbow and ear? In time, I was
persuaded to think a little better of it; in short, to take the matter
into preliminary consideration. At length it came to pass that a
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- Narrator's Persuasion and Consideration