There is a slight resemblance, though perhaps self-construed. I shall have to be on my guard.

Just finished reading Thomas Hardy's Far From The Maddening Crowd - a hard-cover, yellow-paged volume at that. I just love perusing books bound as such, it adds a certain amount of character (not to forget, protection) to its contents. Paperbacks are... well... flimsy. Textbooks on the otherhand, most of which are hard-covered, are a different matter altogether. Heh.

After a near faux pas that someone made, shall make it clear that the couple as mentioned in my previous post are (thankfully) not a reference to my parents. Any other doubts? Questions? No? Good.