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- # Bartleby's arrest and imprisonment
## Overview
This section, titled "Bartleby's arrest and imprisonment," details the events surrounding Bartleby's removal from the narrator's office and his subsequent confinement. It spans lines 1985 to 2116 of the source text.
## Context
This section is part of the chapter [Bartleby](arke:01KG8AJK1PKEBJJCANV911N8JS), which is extracted from the file [the_piazza_tales.txt](arke:01KG89J1F4D8P9BBX9AMGZ7TX7). The file itself is part of the larger [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. Preceding this section is [Narrator's Attempt to Persuade Bartleby](arke:01KG8AK41AFXWCHTEC4294TF8W), which describes the narrator's final, unsuccessful efforts to have Bartleby leave the premises. Following this section is [Bartleby's death and the narrator's final reflections/revelations](arke:01KG8AK419A3G0EDSAQ3Z1PYCS).
## Contents
The section describes the landlord's decision to have Bartleby removed to "the Tombs" (Halls of Justice) as a vagrant. The narrator, initially indignant, eventually accepts this outcome and visits Bartleby in prison. The narrative details Bartleby's silent acquiescence to his arrest and his continued refusal to engage or accept assistance, even declining food offered by the "grub-man" at the narrator's expense. The narrator's attempts to comfort Bartleby in prison are also met with Bartleby's characteristic withdrawn demeanor. The section concludes with the narrator's final visit to the Tombs, where he searches for Bartleby, only to be directed to where he lies "sleeping in the yard."
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