It seemed to me that, should he become the possessor of Mr. Oliver's large fortune, he might do as much good with it as if he went and laid his genius out to wither, and his strength to waste, under a tropical sun.
Il me semblait que si M. Rivers devenait possesseur de la belle fortune de M. Oliver, il ferait autant de bien qu'en allant flétrir son génie et perdre sa force sous le soleil des tropiques.