# The Quality of Mercy Author: Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30108 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Quality+of+Mercy+Howells&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Northwick's man met him at the station with the cutter. The train was a little late, and Elbridge was a little early; after a few moments of formal waiting, he began to walk the clipped horses up and down the street. As they walked they sent those quivers and thrills over their thin coats which horses can give at will; they moved their heads up and down, slowly and easily, and made their bells jangle noisily together; the bursts of sound evoked by their firm and nervous pace died back in showers and falling drops of music. All the time Elbridge swore at them affectionately, with the unconscious profanity of the rustic Yankee whose lot has been much cast with horses. In the halts he made a... ## Chapters - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-quality-of-mercy-30108/chapters/28/index.md)