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- # CHAPTER XLVII. AN AUCTION IN A MAN-OF-WAR.
## Overview
This chapter, titled "AN AUCTION IN A MAN-OF-WAR.", is part of the novel [White-Jacket](arke:01KG8AJ89Z18FKVJV5H0488ZAZ). It was extracted from the file `white_jacket.txt` and is located within the collection [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW). The chapter spans from line 7614 to line 7876 of the source text.
## Context
This chapter follows "CHAPTER XLVI. THE COMMODORE ON THE POOP, AND ONE OF “THE PEOPLE” UNDER THE HANDS OF THE SURGEON." and precedes "CHAPTER XLVIII. PURSER, PURSER’S STEWARD, AND POSTMASTER IN A MAN-OF-WAR.".
## Contents
This chapter details the events surrounding an auction held on a man-of-war. It includes the following scenes:
* [The Purser's Auction](arke:01KG8AKVRDZXGM2H1RFF0WHDMX), which marks the beginning of the auction.
* [Narrator's decision to sell his jacket and arrangements for the auction](arke:01KG8AKVRDYZSWB78BAK9SFG4M), describing the narrator's plan to sell his white jacket due to the warm weather and a superstitious feeling about its presence.
* [Commencement of the auction for the white jacket](arke:01KG8AKVRDM5VNYXA6GEWTX1KJ), detailing the start of the bidding process for the narrator's jacket.
* [AN AUCTION IN A MAN-OF-WAR.](arke:01KG8AKVRGBZGNPSETKNEC8FGD), which appears to be a scene title that also matches the chapter title, likely depicting the climax or continuation of the auction and the narrator's internal conflict regarding the sale of his jacket.
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- CHAPTER XLVII.
AN AUCTION IN A MAN-OF-WAR.