He was, in short, in his after-dinner mood; more expanded and genial, and also more self- indulgent than the frigid and rigid temper of the morning; still he looked preciously grim, cushioning his massive head against the swelling back of his chair, and receiving the light of the fire on his granite- hewn features, and in his great, dark eyes; for he had great, dark eyes, and very fine eyes, too--not without a certain change in their depths sometimes, which, if it was not softness, reminded you, at least, of that feeling.
son caractère de l'après-dînée était plus expansif que celui du matin. Cependant il avait encore quelque chose d'effrayant lorsqu'il appuyait sa tête massive contre le dossier rembourré du fauteuil, et que la lumière du feu, arrivant en plein sur ses traits de granit, éclairait ses grands yeux noirs; car il avait de fort beaux yeux noirs qui, changeant quelquefois tout à coup de caractère, exprimaient, sinon la douceur, du moins un sentiment qui s'en rapprochait beaucoup.