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Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies:-
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Superb and hilarious in the true Jerome K. Jerome style.
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Mrs Korner would like her husband to be less civilised, less amiable and courteous, than he is; she goes so far as to suggest she'd prefer it if he swore, threw temper tantrums, and was drunken out of control, occasionally. She certainly attempts, within first couple of pages, to provoke and pick a fight.
"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."
"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."
""You've only got ten minutes," his wife reminded him. "Do get on with your breakfast."
""I should like," said Mr. Korner, "to finish a speech occasionally."
""You never would," asserted Mrs. Korner.
""I should like to try," sighed Mr. Korner, "one of these days—""
""I do mean it," repeated Mrs. Korner, for the third time, reseating herself a minute later at the table. "I would give anything—anything," reiterated the lady recklessly, "to see Christopher more like the ordinary sort of man."
""But he has always been the sort—the sort of man he is," her bosom friend reminded her.
""Oh, during the engagement, of course, one expects a man to be perfect. I didn't think he was going to keep it up.""
But no one could have been more shocked than Mrs Korner when soon she got her wish.
""We had one bottle of claret between us," Mr. Korner would often recall to his mind, "of which he drank the greater part. And then he brought out the little green flask. He said it was made from pears—that in Peru they kept it specially for Children's parties. Of course, that may have been his joke; but in any case I cannot see how just one glass—I wonder could I have taken more than one glass while he was talking." It was a point that worried Mr. Korner."
"He" was a distant cousin whom Mr Korner met by chance at the docks, his ship was leaving next morning for Southern hemisphere across Atlantic ocean, and they spent the evening together, the cousin speaking of his wide experiences. Mr Korner came home aggrieved his wife wasnt as appreciative of him as women were of lesser men, and so she got her wish.
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August 05, 2020- August 05, 2020.
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