Not P but Moby-Dick (54)

[Michael Bailey]

I agree with you. You've made a good case for it not being the mother
laying herself down, although that was my first impression. And you've
convincingly ruled out the idea of the mother just wanting to get the body
to "lay it to rest"

still can't picture what the action is meant to be, though


On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 5:44 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do not think sleepless mothers, with the implied choice, would lay them
> down again, still dead.
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 5:02 PM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> - “lay them down” I think is meant reflexively, like “now I lay me down to
>> sleep”
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