Not P but Moby-Dick (106)

[Mark Kohut]

Yes.

On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 12:32 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 133:
>
> At that preluding moment, ere the boat was yet snapped, Ahab, the first to
> perceive the whale’s intent, by the crafty upraising of his head, a
> movement that loosed his hold for the time; at that moment his hand had
> made one final effort to push the boat out of the bite.
>
> In "by the crafty upraising of his head, a movement that loosed his hold
> for the time", the two "his" refer to the whale, is that correct?
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