title: His Boardroom Mistress
author: Emma Darcy
description: Initially a French/English teacher, Emma Darcy changed careers to computer programming before the happy demands of marriage and motherhood. Very much a people person, and always interested in relationships, she finds the world of romance fiction a thrilling one and the challenge of creating her own cast of characters very addictive.
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  Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies
  
  
  ### 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.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "What did he say