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- # Narrator's resolve and current situation
## Overview
This segment of text, titled "Narrator's resolve and current situation," comprises lines 1195-1207 of the short story [I and My Chimney](arke:01KG8AJ72QDX8N8STJ3550X2NW). It details the narrator's seven-year reclusion at home and his steadfast commitment to guarding his chimney, despite the concerns and misinterpretations of his city friends.
## Context
This segment is part of the short story [I and My Chimney](arke:01KG8AJ72QDX8N8STJ3550X2NW), which is contained within the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The text was extracted from the digital file [i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG89J1H4TA19251AXAPE3ZWC). It follows the segment [Narrow escapes and specific incidents](arke:01KG8AJQ43GFDBB1VYPJ324MRA), which recounts various threats to the narrator's beloved chimney.
## Contents
The segment describes the narrator's prolonged absence from city life, leading his friends to believe he has become "sour and unsocial" or a "mossy old misanthrope." The narrator clarifies that his reclusion is due to his unwavering resolve to "simply stand guard over my mossy old chimney," emphasizing a pact between himself and the chimney that they "will never surrender." This passage highlights the narrator's deep attachment to his chimney and his dedication to its protection.
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- It is now some seven years since I have stirred from home. My city
friends all wonder why I don’t come to see them, as in former times.
They think I am getting sour and unsocial. Some say that I have become
a sort of mossy old misanthrope, while all the time the fact is, I am
simply standing guard over my mossy old chimney; for it is resolved
between me and my chimney, that I and my chimney will never surrender.
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- Narrator's resolve and current situation