But it was in the dark-brown eye, which flashed with piercing scrutiny, that all the character of the man came forth: a brilliant glance, not soft, but ardent, acute, imperious, incapable of deception or of being deceived.
In a biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage highlights how his eyes revealed his true character.
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