This book is dedicated to the bookshop owner in Ver'ont whom I had telephoned whilst searching for a book.  He was the most polite and helpful bookshop owner I have ever encountered.  At the end of the conversation ne asked me my name so that he could send me a catalogue, when I said "drif field" he asked in a voice close to quaking, "Are you thee Mr Driffield?"  I had to admit that I was.  There was then a silence that lasted thirty seconds.  It was the most pleasant response that I have ever had from a secondhand bookdealer.