The sentence begins as an indirect question

In English Grammar for Today by G. Leech et al (1994 edition), under the chapter Linguistic characteristic of speech and writing, I've come across this:

"NORMAL NON-FLUENCY. This results from the unprepared nature of speech and refers to phenomena such as hesitation, unintended repetitions (e.g. I I...), false starts, fillers (e.g. um,er), GRAMMATICAL BLENDS and unfinished sentences. A blend occurs where a sentence 'swap horses', beginning in one way and ending in another; for example, in Would you mind telling me what's the time? the sentence begins as an indirect question, but ends as a direct question."

Is it right to say that "in Would you mind telling me what's the time? the sentence begins as an indirect question, but ends as a direct question"?