Not P but Moby-Dick (87)

[Michael Bailey]

He’s mock-apologizing for springing the tale of Ahab’s near-impalement by
the ivory limb (and therefore staying mostly in his quarters “both before
and after the Pequod sailed”, while he healed) on us - as an incidental
detail like “oh, by the way” - instead of telling it earlier as a part of
the story, in chronological order (“in set way”)

Which replicates the timing and the way Ishmael would’ve learned about it,
because Ahab’s “inner circle”

that ever-contracting, dropping circle

were closed-mouthed about it.


On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 5:01 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 106:
>
> Unwittingly here a secret has been divulged, which perhaps might more
> properly, in set way, have been disclosed before.
>
> What does "in set way" mean here?
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