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- # Israel travels to London and then Dover, only to find intercourse suspended.
## Overview
This subsection, titled "Israel travels to London and then Dover, only to find intercourse suspended," is part of Chapter XIII of a larger work. It details a specific journey undertaken by the character Israel. The text covers his travels from an unspecified location to London, then to Dover, and the unfortunate news he receives upon arrival.
## Context
This narrative segment is extracted from the file `israel_potter.txt`, which is part of the `Melville Complete Works` collection. It follows the subsection "Israel departs, contemplating his next move" and precedes "Israel reflects on his misfortunes on the shore." This placement indicates a chronological progression within the narrative of Israel's experiences.
## Contents
The text describes Israel's decision to return to Doctor Franklin in Paris after assessing his finances. He travels to London and then takes a post-coach to Dover. Upon reaching the channel shore, he learns that all intercourse between England and France has been indefinitely suspended. This news is conveyed to him by his fellow travelers, whose reserved demeanor prevented him from hearing it sooner.
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- What to do next? He reckoned up his money, and concluded he had plenty
to carry him back to Doctor Franklin in Paris. Accordingly, taking a
turn to avoid the two nearest villages, he directed his steps towards
London, where, again taking the post-coach for Dover, he arrived on the
channel shore just in time to learn that the very coach in which he
rode brought the news to the authorities there that all intercourse
between the two nations was indefinitely suspended. The characteristic
taciturnity and formal stolidity of his fellow-travellers—all
Englishmen, mutually unacquainted with each other, and occupying
different positions in life—having prevented his sooner hearing the
tidings.
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- Israel travels to London and then Dover, only to find intercourse suspended.