Nor was this all; for though by this job I was become considerably richer than before, yet the resolution I had formerly taken, of leaving off this horrid trade when I had gotten a little more, did not return, but I must still get farther, and more; and the avarice joined so with the success, that I had no more thought of coming to a timely alteration of life, though without it I could expect no safety, no tranquillity in the possession of what I had so wickedly gained; but a little more, and a little more, was the case still.
Ce ne fut pas tout; car bien que par ce coup je fusse devenue infiniment plus riche qu'avant, pourtant la résolution que j'avais prise auparavant de quitter cet horrible métier quand j'aurais gagné un peu plus, ne persista point; et l'avarice eut tant de succès, que je n'entretins plus l'espérance d'arriver à un durable changement de vie; quoique sans cette perspective je ne pusse attendre ni sûreté ni tranquillité en la possession de ce que j'avais gagné; encore un peu,--voilà quel était le refrain toujours.