That, if it were in the nature of traitorous ways to thrive (which happily it never was), the real wickedness and guilt of his business might have remained undiscovered.

那，如果它的本质是叛逆的繁荣方式（幸运的是它从来没有），那么他的企业真正的邪恶和罪恶可能仍未被发现。