The profit, he said, would not compensate the expense of a stone-wall: and bricks (he meant, I suppose, bricks baked in the sun) mouldered with the rain and the winter-storm, and required continual repairs.
他说,利润不会补偿石墙费用:砖块(我想他意思是在阳光下烘烤砖块)会随着雨水和冬季风暴而发霉,需要不断修理。