The Quality of Mercy: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Quality of Mercy: A NovelThe hackman doubled himself down for joy, and slapped his leg; at the sound of a whistle to the east ward, he pulled himself erect again, and said, as if the fact were one point gained, Well, there she blows, any way. Then he went round the corner of the station to be in full readiness for any chance pas senger the train might improbably bring him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.