JesseMarkowitzandClaude Opus 5.5
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Fourteen corpora split and classified: aesop, bierce, chekhov, holmes, keefe, lawson, lorimer, maupassant, nobody, plaintales, poe, torchy, wallingford and winesburg, each with its splitter and the hand-written groups and pages; catalogue v2 and v3; and the shared splitters gutenberg_chunks.py, se_split.py and se_build.py. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_019rwKTmug58sEsJ72AuWsEi
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{"chunk": 35, "story": 4, "summary": "The promoter charms the thrifty old man with a compliment on his war service and gets him into the car; the old man's daughter watches uneasily.", "predicament": "A promoter wins over a wary, thrifty elder with one well-aimed compliment, while someone close to the elder watches uneasily."},
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{"chunk": 36, "story": 4, "summary": "The two townsmen plead a lodge meeting, but the promoter overrides them; the young man tries to bring the daughter, who refuses, worried.", "predicament": "Two plain men with fixed duties are swept along by a charming host who simply refuses to hear that they must go home."},
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{"chunk": 37, "story": 4, "summary": "The promoter says nothing about the company, letting the two talk themselves into it; after a grand dinner the old man asks whether references were given.", "predicament": "A promoter keeps silent and lets his marks sell each other the venture, until old caution makes one ask for references."},
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{"chunk": 38, "story": 4, "summary": "The young man says the promoter's credit is reference enough, since he bought a car without paying; the old man agrees to join and bring in three more solid men.", "predicament": "A careful elder decides that a man given credit everywhere must be sound, and agrees to bring his friends into the venture."},
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{"chunk": 39, "story": 4, "summary": "A reckless night drive back at terrific speed leaves the passengers exhilarated and singing despite a near accident.", "predicament": "Two cautious men, carried along at a reckless pace by a bold host, find the danger thrilling instead of frightening."},
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{"chunk": 40, "story": 4, "summary": "He delivers them on time, hires the chauffeur with a tip, and deposits six hundred of the borrowed dollars with the hotel to show his solvency.", "predicament": "A schemer spends part of a borrowed stake conspicuously paying down his bills, so that everyone believes he is solvent."},
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{"chunk": 41, "story": 4, "summary": "He tours the town's night life and is carried to bed by eager servants, the prince who arrived with less than a hundred dollars.", "predicament": "A newcomer who arrived nearly penniless is treated as a prince by everyone who hopes to profit from his spending."},
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{"chunk": 42, "story": 4, "summary": "The incorporators, small savers past forty, are enchanted by the trick of watering stock they had always condemned in the newspapers.", "predicament": "Small savers who always condemned sharp financial practice discover they approve of it now that it will make them rich."},
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{"chunk": 43, "story": 4, "summary": "After a luncheon that has them all praising him, he buys a house by handing the agent a sixty-day note instead of the required cash.", "predicament": "A schemer pays for a house with a promise to pay later, and bluffs the hesitant seller into accepting it."},
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{"chunk": 44, "story": 4, "summary": "On the credit of owning the house he furnishes, stocks and staffs it, then throws a housewarming where his wife fascinates the investors.", "predicament": "A schemer furnishes a grand household entirely on credit and uses it to charm the investors who are paying for it."}
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