Both were dark-eyed, with noble and splendid heads, and in stature perfectly equal; but while the sonâs countenance beamed with hearty enjoyment, and seemed by its peculiar attractiveness to be made--and to be accustomed--to charm men and women alike, his fatherâs face was expressive of disgust and misanthropy. It seemed, indeed, as though the newcomer had roused his ire, for Heron answered his sonâs cheerful greeting with no word but a reproachful âAt last!â and paid no heed to the hand the youth held out to him.