Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies

by Jerome K. Jerome

MRS. KORNER SINS HER MERCIES

By Jerome K. Jerome

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“I do mean it,” declared Mrs. Korner, “I like a man to be a man.”

“But you would not like Christopher—I mean Mr. Korner—to be that sort of man,” suggested her bosom friend.

“I don't mean that I should like it if he did it often. But I should like to feel that he was able to be that sort of man.—Have you told your master that breakfast is ready?” demanded Mrs. Korner of the domestic staff, entering at the moment with three boiled eggs and a teapot.

“Yus, I've told 'im,” replied the staff indignantly.

The domestic staff at Acacia Villa, Ravenscourt Park, lived in a state of indignation. It could be heard of mornings and evenings saying its prayers indignantly.