Grey was a man tranquil in temperament, very little prone to quarrelling, with perhaps an exaggerated idea of the evil results of a row,--a man who would take infinite trouble to avoid any such scene as that which now seemed to be imminent; but he was a man whose courage was quite as high as that of his opponent. 
Grey was a tranquil man, who would take trouble to avoid a quarrel; but his courage was quite as high as his opponent's. 