meaning of "the tragic futlity of his ordinary"

[Volcano1985]

By the time he was wandering in the mysterious garden again in the colours of the morning the tragic futulity of his ordinary mien had fallen from him.

the tragic futulity of his ordinary?

[Alan]

Hi Volcano,

Should this be 'futility'? I would suggest this should read:

By the time he was wandering in the mysterious garden again in the colours of the morning,the tragic futility of his ordinary mien had fallen from him.

Suggesting that he had had one sort of facial expression and then later the tragic pointlessness (resignation) of his usual facial expression (mien) had come back again.

Alan
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[Volcano1985]

And why past perfect used in the sentence ?