The hints we get form the text are " approved tolerance for others", and "inclined to help rather than to reprove". From this, we can assume he's not bitter and unforgiving. We don't have any textual evidence for cheerful, independent, or adventurous. So we can assume that he's as supportive and nonjudgmental.
The value of going to the bay had diminished. The explanation for this is that he had just finished an exceptionally stressful trial that he had imposed on himself.
