Not P but Moby-Dick (91)

[Michael Bailey]

Yes

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 5:17 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> From Chapter 112:
>
> Belated, and not innocently, one bitter winter’s midnight, on the road
> running between two country towns, the blacksmith half-stupidly felt the
> deadly numbness stealing over him, and sought refuge in a leaning,
> dilapidated barn. The issue was, the loss of the extremities of both feet.
> Out of this revelation, part by part, at last came out the four acts of the
> gladness, and the one long, and as yet uncatastrophied fifth act of the
> grief of his life’s drama.
>
> From the next paragraph, it seems the blacksmith was ruined by alcoholism.
> So here "not innocently" implies he was drunk, and "half-stupidly" means he
> was in a half-stupor, is that correct?
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