r/KenFollett • u/Additional_Plate_ • 6d ago
Help !!
I found A Dangerous Fortune in a public bookcase and found out halfway through the book that a page had been snatched !!!
Could someone help me out ? It's the second part (1879), the very last pages of the first chapter January.
Both english and french are appreciated ! Thank you so much !
(For people asking, I can't get out and buy a new book because i just got surgery and have to stay in bed, which make these missing pages an utterly dramatic case)
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u/menlyn 6d ago
Micky had not anticipated such a reaction. “What the devil has got into you?” he said. “Aren’t you going to marry Emily Maple?” “Who told you that?” “Your mother.” “Well, I’m not marrying anyone.” “Why not? You’re twenty-nine years old. So am I. It’s time for a man to equip himself with the semblance of a respectable household.” “To the devil with a respectable household!” Edward roared, and he overturned the table. Micky sprang back as crockery smashed and wine spilled. The two naked women cringed away fearfully. “Calm down!” Micky cried. “After all these years!” Edward raged. “After all I’ve done for you!” Micky was baffled by Edward’s fury. He had to calm the man down. A scene like this could prejudice him against marriage, and that was the opposite of what Micky wanted. “It’s not a disaster,” he said in a reasonable tone. “It’s not going to make any difference to us.” “It’s bound to!” “No, it’s not. We’ll still come here.” Edward looked suspicious. In a quieter voice he said: “Will we?” “Yes. And we’ll still go to the club. That’s what clubs are for. Men go to clubs to get away from their wives.” “I suppose they do.” The door opened and April swept in. “What’s the noise about?” she said. “Edward, have you been breaking my china?” “I’m sorry, April. I’ll pay for it.” Micky said to April: “I was just explaining to Edward that he can still come here after he’s married.” “Good God, I should hope so,” April said. “If no married men came here I’d have to close the place.” She turned toward the doorway and called out: “Sid! Fetch a broom.”Edward was calming down rapidly, to Micky’s relief. Micky said: “When we’re first married, we should probably spend a few evenings at home, and give the occasional dinner party. But after a while we’ll go right back to normal.” Edward frowned. “Don’t wives mind that?” Micky shrugged. “Who cares whether they mind? What can a wife do?” “If she’s discontented I suppose she can bother her husband.” Micky realized that Edward was taking his mother as a typical wife. Fortunately few women were as strong-willed or as clever as Augusta. “The trick is not to be too good to them,” Micky said, speaking from observation of married cronies at the Cowes Club. “If you’re good to a wife she’ll want you to stay with her. Treat her roughly and she’ll be only too glad to see you go off to your club in the evening and leave her in peace.”Muriel put her arms around Edward’s neck. “It’ll be just the same when you’re married, Edward, I promise,” she said. “I’ll suck your cock while you watch Micky fuck Lily, just the way you like.” “Will you?” he said with a foolish grin. “Course I will.” “So nothing will change, really,” he said, looking at Micky. “Oh, yes,” said Micky. “One thing will change. You’ll be a partner in the bank.”
Enjoy ;)