She would be dead soon, and it was probably a merciful thing.
That was the merciful thing to do-and also, she might be on the point of changing her mind.
Perhaps it was a merciful thing to do, to hide the evidence of greed.
I suppose that, as she now is, the merciful thing to do would be to kill her.
Maybe the most merciful thing to do would be to put him out of his misery.
The merciful thing would probably have been to help him die as quickly as possible, but I was too young to understand that.
Ganver had found strength to do the merciful thing at last.
They'll even talk about murder being the most merciful thing.
For my little girl, water is the most merciful thing.
The merciful thing to do is kill their bodies.