They said he is a pitiless, cold-blooded fellow, with no geniality in him.

他们说他是个毫无怜悯心、一点也和蔼冷血动物。

He saw people as puppets, controlled by some pitiless force much as he, in boyhood, had controlled his own marionettes in his toy theatre, making Mr Punch jibber and squawk in nonsense-language.

伯把人看做是木偶，由一种无情力量牵引着，就像他小时候排牵线木偶戏一样。