Not a good tear

Rushing off to work I hastilly try to tear off a few pages for the day's reading and - horror - it's not a good, clean tear.
I look closely at the binding and realize that the quality binding job done by Back Bay Books is going to be a little challenge for me down the road. (As if a reader of The Thick Book needs any more challenges.)

I'm just going to have to be more careful, precise and focused when I do my tearing in the future. I am sincere in my intent to return The Thick Book to the Abbot in the best condition possible.