Page 208 - Bridget Jones's Diary - by Helen FIELDING
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5:30. Then Perpetua appeared with a whole bunch of people from the office.
'Ah, Bridget,' she bellowed. 'What have you been to see?' There was a big
silence.
'Actually, I'm just about to go to. . . ' I began confidently, ' . . . get the train.'
'You haven't been to see anything at all, have you?' she hooted. 'Anyway, you
owe me seventy-five pounds for the room.'
'What?' I stammered.
'Yes!' she yelled. 'It would have been fifty pounds, but it's 50 percent extra if
there are two people in the room.' 'But . . . but, there weren't . . . '
Oh, come on, Bridget, we all knew you had a man in there,' she roared. 'Don't
worry about it. It isn't love, it's only Edinburgh. I'll make sure it gets back to
Daniel and teaches him a lesson.'
Monday 28 August
9st 6. (full of beer and baked potatoes), alcohol units 6, cigarettes 20, calories
2846,
Got back to message from Mum asking me what I thought about an electric
mixer for Christmas, and to remember Christmas Day was a Monday this year so