`This is hardly worth answering, given some comments by Lestrade above (``aberrant``, ``pederastic``, etc.). Still - the fact that this facet of Hardy's character was expressed in his life is beyond question (see the quotation by Snow below); what is more to the point is that (a) this may be excessive information for a brief biographical page of this length, (b) it is difficult to name exactly what this ``facet`` is; common categories (again by Snow) may not quite fit.     `