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- # Morning on the village outskirts and successful acquisition of new clothes
## Overview
This subsection, titled "Morning on the village outskirts and successful acquisition of new clothes," is an excerpt from a larger work, likely a novel. It details a specific event within the narrative, focusing on the protagonist's efforts to obtain new clothing. The text spans from line 3548 to 3572 of its source file.
## Context
This section is part of [CHAPTER XIII. HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING.](arke:01KG8AJJ261FWJ1RK528BTY9AX), which is itself contained within the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection, sourced from the file [israel_potter.txt](arke:01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW). It follows the subsection titled [Attack by a bull-dog and further damage to his attire](arke:01KG8AK67M1MN9946YZCTZB5YE) and precedes the subsection [Equipped with new clothes and seeking Horne Tooke and John Bridges](arke:01KG8AK67QH2W5EPCDBG3K2C6E).
## Contents
The narrative describes the protagonist, Israel, approaching a village in the morning after a difficult night. He encounters a farmer who, after some persuasion and a display of three crown-pieces, agrees to sell him a coat and breeches. Israel explains that his previous attire was ruined, referencing a previous encounter with a bull-dog and a lost purse. This transaction marks a successful acquisition of new clothing for the protagonist.
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- In this plight the morning discovered him dubiously skirmishing on the
outskirts of a village.
“Ah! what a true patriot gets for serving his country!” murmured
Israel. But soon thinking a little better of his case, and seeing yet
another house which had once furnished him with an asylum, he made bold
to advance to the door. Luckily he this time met the man himself, just
emerging from bed. At first the farmer did not recognize the fugitive,
but upon another look, seconded by Israel’s plaintive appeal, beckoned
him into the barn, where directly our adventurer told him all he
thought prudent to disclose of his story, ending by once more offering
to negotiate for breeches and coat. Having ere this emptied and thrown
away the purse which had played him so scurvy a trick with the first
farmer, he now produced three crown-pieces.
“Three crown-pieces in your pocket, and no crown to your hat!” said the
farmer.
“But I assure you, my friend,” rejoined Israel, “that a finer hat was
never worn, until that confounded bull-dog ruined it.”
“True,” said the farmer, “I forgot that part of your story. Well, I
have a tolerable coat and breeches which I will sell you for your
money.”
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- Morning on the village outskirts and successful acquisition of new clothes