Not P but Moby-Dick (68)

[Ian Livingston]

I think you are correct, Mike.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 87:
>
> But not a bit daunted, Queequeg steered us manfully; now sheering off from
> this monster directly across our route in advance; now edging away from
> that, whose colossal flukes were suspended overhead, while all the time,
> Starbuck stood up in the bows, lance in hand, pricking out of our way
> whatever whales he could reach by short darts, for there was no time to
> make long ones.
>
> Here, was Starbuck throwing his lance at the whales, or was he just
> thrusting without the lance leaving his hand?
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