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.
Estaba, en resumen, en el momento beatífico de la digestión, y se sentía más expansivo y más indulgente que por la mañana. Reclinaba su maciza cabeza sobre el blanco respaldo del sillón, la lumbre iluminaba de lleno sus duras facciones y en sus ojos, grandes y negros, muy bellos por cierto, había algo que si no era dulzura podía considerarse como una manifestación parecida a ese sentimiento.