Page 89 - Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen FIELDING

Daniel? Perpetua? (eek) and Hugo?

Oh no. Oh no. What am I going to do?

Friday 17 March

Just called Tom who says, very wisely, 'It is your birthday and you should invite

exactly and only who you want.' So am just going to ask the following:

Shazzer

Jude

Tom

Magda and Jeremy - and cook supper for everyone myself.

Called Tom back to tell him the plan and he said, 'and Jerome?'

'What?'

'And Jerome?'

'I thought, like we said, I'd just ask who I . . . ' I tailed off, realizing if I said
'wanted' it would mean I didn't 'want' i.e. 'like' Tom's insufferable, pretentious