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- # TEMPLE FIRST
## Overview
This is a segment titled "TEMPLE FIRST" (lines 5390-5657) extracted on January 30, 2026, from the file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG89J1FFTGRE9J93Z3K29NGY). It is part of the novel [Billy Budd and Other Prose Pieces](arke:01KG8AJ7CG8SS24T79X9YN19QH), which is contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The segment is preceded by [The Two Temples - Introductory Material](arke:01KG8AJVQA4CPZ4P6QMVQ1PM8X) and followed by [TEMPLE SECOND](arke:01KG8AJVQ8D7NW8GVW8QE4DYG9).
## Context
The segment "TEMPLE FIRST" is part of a larger work by Herman Melville, extracted from the text file [billy_budd.txt](arke:01KG89J1FFTGRE9J93Z3K29NGY) and automatically segmented. The extraction and structuring process was performed by the "structure-extraction-lambda" tool.
## Contents
The segment "TEMPLE FIRST" contains six chunks of text: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AMAHSVDZZCPWKYCSECYNQ), [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AMAHMVQ9NEYHXDB5ZV3VY), [Chunk 3](arke:01KG8AMAHQSW9RYNZVXSCRTTH8), [Chunk 4](arke:01KG8AMAHSZ3CNH0E0Q4DEJCHK), [Chunk 5](arke:01KG8AMAHVNM6ERHNFD6MS7AZF), and [Chunk 6](arke:01KG8AMAHSTTHTMD8RJ4K6A64T). These chunks describe a narrator's experience attempting to attend a church service, being turned away, finding a hidden entrance, observing the service from a high window, and ultimately being apprehended by a "beadle-faced man" for ringing the bell.
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