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- # Israel departs, contemplating his next move.
## Overview
This is a subsection from the novel *Israel Potter* by Herman Melville. It is extracted from the file [israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW) and is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. The subsection describes Israel's departure after being clothed, and his contemplation of his next move.
## Context
This subsection is part of [CHAPTER XIII. HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING.](arke:01KG8AJJ261FWJ1RK528BTY9AX) of the novel. It follows the subsection [Equipped with new clothes and seeking Horne Tooke and John Bridges](arke:01KG8AK67QH2W5EPCDBG3K2C6E) and precedes the subsection [Israel travels to London and then Dover, only to find intercourse suspended.](arke:01KG8AK67NJK9ZBCF5QGEZCQKW).
## Contents
The subsection consists of two lines of text: "So Israel departed; better clothed, but no wiser than before." It marks the moment when Israel leaves, now better dressed, and begins to consider his next course of action.
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