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- # Section XVII
## Overview
This is a segment of type "section" extracted from the text file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG89J1FFTGRE9J93Z3K29NGY), specifically lines 2209-2910. It is labeled "Section XVII" and is part of the novel [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG8AJ7CG8SS24T79X9YN19QH), which belongs to the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. This segment is preceded by [Section XVI](arke:01KG8AJV0A80E4X14CRVTX5GBE) and followed by [XIX](arke:01KG8AJV0G9GSCTD1A2Z8CY0S5).
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The segment was extracted by the "structure-extraction-lambda" process on 2026-01-30T20:47:42.596Z and manually edited by user 01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H. It is one of the structural divisions within the novel *Billy Budd*.
## Contents
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