仍然是她在第一天看到的那位严厉的、生硬呆板的先生。他那不苟言笑的神色使她不由自主地低下了眼睛，行了个屈膝礼。
“保罗少爷好吗，理查兹？”
“很壮实，先生，很健康。”
“他看来是这样，”董贝先生说道，一边怀着极大的兴趣，朝着她掀开让他观察的很小的脸孔看了一眼，但却装作对它不大关心的样子，说道，“我希望，您需要的东西他们都给您了吧？”
“啊，是的，谢谢您，先生。”

She suddenly appended such an obvious hesitation to this reply, however, that Mr Dombey, who had turned away; stopped, and turned round again, inquiringly.
'If you please, Sir, the child is very much disposed to take notice of things,' said Richards, with another curtsey, 'and upstairs is a little dull for him, perhaps, Sir.'
'I begged them to take you out for airings, constantly,' said Mr Dombey. 'Very well! You shall go out oftener. You're quite right to mention it.'
'I beg your pardon, Sir,' faltered Polly, 'but we go out quite plenty Sir, thank you.'
'What would you have then?' asked Mr Dombey.
'Indeed Sir, I don't exactly know,' said Polly, 'unless - '
'Yes?'
'I believe nothing is so good for making children lively and cheerful, Sir, as seeing other children playing about 'em,' observed Polly, taking courage.
'I think I mentioned to you, Richards, when you came here,' said Mr Dombey, with a frown, 'that I wished you to see as little of your family as possible.'
'Oh dear yes, Sir, I wasn't so much as thinking of that.'
'I am glad of it,' said Mr Dombey hastily. 'You can continue your walk if you please.'

可是她回答的时候，忽然流露出了明显的迟疑的口气，因此已经走开了的董贝先生又停下脚步，露出询问的神色，重新转过身来。
“我觉得，先生，要使孩子活泼愉快，最好的办法莫过于让他们看到别的孩子在他们周围玩耍，”波利鼓起勇气，说出了她的意见。
“我记得当您到这里来的时候，我曾经跟您说过，”董贝先生皱了皱眉头，说道，“我希望您尽可能不去探望您的家庭。如果您愿意，您就继续散步吧。”

注释：continue vi. 继续，延续；仍旧，连续 vt. 继续说…；使…继续；使…延长
例句：
1. It will continue to develop.
它将继续发展下去。
2. He is to continue as manager.
他要继续当经理。