But his violent passions and his intemperate habits disqualified him for the part of a dissembler.

His gloomy looks, when he came out of the council chamber, showed how little he was pleased with what had passed at the board; and, when the bottle had gone round freely, words escaped him which betrayed his uneasiness.

[70] He might, indeed, well be uneasy.

Indiscreet and unpopular measures followed each other in rapid succession.

All thought of returning to the policy of the Triple Alliance was abandoned.