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- # Master Mason's Conclusion on Removal Feasibility
## Overview
This segment is a section of the short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG8AJ72QDX8N8STJ3550X2NW)" by Herman Melville. It is labeled "Master Mason's Conclusion on Removal Feasibility" and contains lines 661-667 of the story. The segment presents the master mason, Mr. Scribe's, professional opinion that the chimney can be removed without rashness.
## Context
This segment is extracted from the text file "[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG89J1H4TA19251AXAPE3ZWC)" and is part of the "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. It follows the segment "[Financial Implications of Retaining the Chimney](arke:01KG8AJMKF7A49760M547R6J4C)" in which Mr. Scribe calculates the cost of the chimney. The subsequent segment is "[Narrator's initial resistance to Mr. Scribe and family's immediate pressure](arke:01KG8AJN5HZ5GNCK20ND91DT1A)," where the narrator expresses his intent to consider the chimney removal.
## Contents
The segment consists of a dialogue between the narrator and Mr. Scribe. Mr. Scribe, after some deliberation, concludes that the chimney can be removed safely. The narrator then asks for clarification, and Mr. Scribe confirms that the chimney can be removed without rashness.
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- “Well, sir,” said he, a sort of feeling his way, and, to help himself,
fumbling with his hat, “well, sir, I think it can be done.”
“What, pray, Mr. Scribe; _what_ can be done?”
“Your chimney, sir; it can without rashness be removed, I think.”
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- Master Mason's Conclusion on Removal Feasibility