Gina: Good God no! it was bad enough reading Thomas Hardy at school. Every one dies! Thomas Hardy is miserable!
Mum; Like Far from the madding Crowd. Who was in that?
Gina: Bathsheba**
Mum: So who is in Tess of the D'urbanvilles?
Gina: Mum!
Mum (sheepishly) Oh yeah!
*or however you spell it
**ditto
