Mr. Cornwell,
I am a small engine/motorcycle mechanic (smaller bikes, not Harley’s), amateur Philosopher (just reading, not philosophizing) and I try to read as much as I possibly can. I ran into a book by Rafael Sabatini, “Sea Hawk,” with an introduction by you. Some of the words and sentence structure in the book seem to be beyond my normal usage, such as ‘Noll,’ and ‘Lal,’ which I think is a misprint for Lad but I am not so sure. I have researched some of these problems all the way back to the OED but have found no solutions.
I have no intention of taking up your time or bothering you so if these questions are trite or meaningless to you I will go away quickly.
Maybe there is a phrase book or some kind of dictionary I should look for? Any suggestions from you will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Clark Phillips (retired)