毛姆的《山来那个人》写的是给他留下深刻印象的伯尔顿。《山来那个人》从温柔的眼，写到不可能想象会发出怒气的柔和的噪音，在写慈祥的微笑，最后写他的魅力。接着笔锋一变，转而写他的爱好，表明他不笨抽，喜欢打牌，喝鸡尾酒，讲故事有滋有味，年轻时还爱好运动，他的富有全凭自己本是挣来的。他的长相有缺陷：身材矮小，体质虚弱，不过在作者眼里，这些未必是坏事，你会觉得他善良得连苍蝇也不忍伤害，凭着本能，你油然产生要保护他的意识。
A Kind Man I think the chief thing that struck me about Burton was his kindness. There was something very pleasing in his possibly raise it in anger; his smile was benign. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellow. He had charm. But there was nothing gawky in him: he liked his game of cards and his cocktail, he could tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete. He was a rich man and he made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so small and frail; he aroused your instincts of protection. You felt that he could not bear to hurt a fly.