Possible Clues:

• How the French male follows the English male in no fierce fashion
• 'Do not go ... into that good night'/Thomas
• Not likely to bite
• Mild-mannered
• Gentile doesn't need one for a mild temperment
• Soft and soothing
• 'Do not go ... into that good night' (Thomas)
• Nonabrasive
• Mild, tender
• Mild-mannered chap emptied latrine