He started back as if in surprise.
Then he went on into his own room, looking somewhat puzzled.

After he had taken the button-hole out of his coat, he seemed to hesitate.
Finally, he came back, went over to the picture, and examined it.

In the dim arrested light that struggled through the cream-coloured silk blinds, the face appeared to him to be a little changed.

The expression looked different.

One would have said that there was a touch of cruelty in the mouth.