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.
Ma aveva sempre qualcosa di spaventoso quando appoggiava la grossa testa alla spalliera imbottita della poltrona e la luce del fuoco battendo in pieno sui suoi lineamenti granitici rischiarava i grandi occhi neri; perché aveva bellissimi occhi, che cambiavano spesso carattere a un tratto, e talvolta esprimevano, se non la dolcezza, almeno un sentimento molto affine.