But the loss occasioned by the negligence, profusion, and malversation of the servants of the company, had probably been a tax much heavier than all those duties.

但是，由于公司员工的疏忽、浪费和贪污所造成的损失， 可能是比所有这些义务都重得多的税。

The great increase of their fortune had, it seems, only served to furnish their servants with a pretext for greater profusion, and a cover for greater malversation, than in proportion even to that increase of fortune.

他们财富的大幅增加，似乎只是为他们的仆人提供了一个借口，让他们更加挥霍，甚至比财富的增加更浪费。