From a83fd3b1fae5a2195aed0da6187e54a079f6d1a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <cbhaley@i.wont.say.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:19:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Try to work around RST problem with bold after a question
 mark.

---
 src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py b/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py
index cd2310ae04..584d5c08e1 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/ffml_processor.py
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ class FFMLProcessor:
         if tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.BLANK_LINE:
             result += '\n\n'
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.BOLD_TEXT:
-            indent_text(f'**{tree.text()}**')
+            indent_text(("\\ " if result.endswith("?") else "") + f'**{tree.text()}**')
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.CHARACTER:
             result += tree.text()
         elif tree.node_kind() == NodeKinds.CODE_BLOCK: