Page 139 - Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen FIELDING
P. 139
Tuesday 17 May
9st 2 (hooray!), cigarettes 7 (v.g.), alcohol units 6 (so v.g - v. pure).
Daniel is still being gorgeous. How could everyone have been so wrong about
him? Head is full of moony fantasies about living in flats with him and running
along beaches together with tiny offspring in manner of Calvin Klein advert,
being trendy Smug Married instead of sheepish Singleton. Just off to meet
Magda.
11 p.m. Hmmm. Thought-provoking supper with Magda, who is v. depressed
about Jeremy. The night of the burglar alarm and screaming row in my street
was a result of a remark from Sloaney Woney, who claimed she had seen Jeremy
with a girl at the Harbour Club who sounded suspiciously like the witch I saw
him with all those weeks ago. After that, Magda asked me at point blank range if
I'd heard or seen anything so I told her about the witch in the Whistles suit.
Turned out Jeremy admitted there'd been a flirtation and he'd been very
attracted to this girl. They hadn't slept together, he alleged. But Magda was
really fed up.
'You should make the most of being single while it lasts, Bridge,' she said.
'Once you've got kids and you've given up your job you're in an incredibly
vulnerable position. I know Jeremy thinks my life is just one big holiday, but
