midday
There remain but two others to be mentioned , and the Clifford family will be complete , as constituted at present . The first was the youngest son of the aged man at the head of the table . He had inherited his father 's features , but there was a dash of recklessness blended with the manifest frankness of his expression , and in his blue eyes there was little trace of shrewd calculation or forethought . Even during the quiet midday meal they flashed with an irrepressible mirthfulness , and not one at the table escaped his aggressive nonsense . His brother , two or three years his senior , was of a very different type , and seemed somewhat overshadowed by the other 's brilliancy . He had his mother 's dark eyes , but they were deep and grave , and he appeared reserved and silent , even in the home circle . His bronzed features were almost rugged in their strength , but a heavy mustache gave a touch of something like manly beauty to his rather sombre face .