Mrs Korner Sins Her Mercies by Jerome K. Jerome
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MRS. KORNER SINS HER MERCIES By JEROME K. JEROME
Author of "Paul Kelver," "Three Men in a Boat," etc., etc.
NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY 1909
COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY JEROME K. JEROME COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY Published, September, 1908
MRS. KORNER SINS HER MERCIES
"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.
"What did he say?"
"Said 'e'11 be down the moment 'e's dressed."
"Nobody wants him to come before," commented Mrs. Korner. "Answered me that he was putting on his collar when I called up to him five minutes ago."
"Answer yer the same thing now, if yer called up to 'im agen, I 'spect," was the opinion of the staff. "Was on 'is 'ands an