My master's colourless, olive face, square, massive brow, broad and jetty eyebrows, deep eyes, strong features, firm, grim mouth,--all energy, decision, will,--were not beautiful, according to rule; but they were more than beautiful to me; they were full of an interest, an influence that quite mastered me,--that took my feelings from my own power and fettered them in his.
Il viso scolorito e olivastro del signor Rochester, la sua fronte quadrata e potente, i suoi sopraccigli neri, i suoi occhi profondi, i tratti marcati, la bocca dura, insomma l'espressione risoluta ed energica del volto non rispondeva alle regole sulla bellezza, ma per me il suo viso era più che bello, mi attraeva e mi dominava.