Not P but Moby-Dick (68)

[Ian Livingston]

A thing, or a set of things, that might attract curiosity.

On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 10:32 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 88:
>
> When serenely advancing on one of these journeys, if any strange suspicious
> sights are seen, my lord whale keeps a wary eye on his interesting
> family. Should
> any unwarrantably pert young Leviathan coming that way, presume to draw
> confidentially close to one of the ladies, with what prodigious fury the
> Bashaw assails him, and chases him away!
>
> What does "interesting" mean here?
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