Both Uses of
melancholy
in
The House of Hades
- He radiated a kind of old energy—a melancholy that came from knowing he didn't belong in the modern world.†
p. 6.5 *melancholy = a sad feeling or manner
- His eyes were still full of that weird melancholy, like he was in two places at once; but nothing about his expression indicated any kind of joke.†
p. 484.6
Definition:
a sad feeling or manner -- sometimes thoughtfully sad