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- # CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY
## Overview
This is a chapter from the novel [Redburn: His First Voyage](arke:01KG8AJ9CVDS15WWAP46A9M4XP) by Herman Melville, extracted from the source file [redburn.txt](arke:01KG89J1GP71YDJ60P8SRH97MF). The chapter, titled "CHAPTER XXXVII. WHAT REDBURN SAW IN LAUNCELOTT’S-HEY," spans from line 7060 to line 7274 of the text file. It is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection.
## Context
The novel *Redburn: His First Voyage* is contained within the text file [redburn.txt](arke:01KG89J1GP71YDJ60P8SRH97MF), which is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. This chapter is preceded by [CHAPTER XXXVI. THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS, AND THE DEAD-HOUSE](arke:01KG8AJRKNG37F6TG7NPK21NVW) and followed by [CHAPTER XXXVIII.
THE DOCK-WALL BEGGARS](arke:01KG8AJRM0ZKTWBK3WTY03DCB7).
## Contents
This chapter recounts Redburn's experience in Launcelott's-Hey, a narrow street near the docks, where he encounters extreme poverty and indifference. It is divided into four chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AKT622WC760GNSG3NBACP), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AKT62Q46V313E8H2ECKTC), [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AKT62ZVCX1Q5QRNAKFEMX), and [Chunk 4](arke:01KG8AKTZC0CJK58P6FTWV5R0C). Redburn discovers a starving woman and two children in a cellar and attempts to get help from the police, his boarding house, and passersby, but is met with apathy. He provides them with bread and water. He later finds the family dead and the vault filled with quicklime. The chapter concludes with Redburn reflecting on the indifference to the suffering of others.
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