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Just the same austere, stiff gentleman, as he had appeared to her on that first day. Such a hard-looking gentleman, that she involuntarily dropped her eyes and her curtsey at the same time.
'How is Master Paul, Richards?'
'Quite thriving, Sir, and well.'
'He looks so,' said Mr Dombey, glancing with great interest at the tiny face she uncovered for his observation, and yet affecting to be half careless of it. 'They give you everything you want, I hope?'
'Oh yes, thank you, Sir.'
仍然是她在第一天看到的那位嚴厲的、生硬呆板的先生。他那不茍言笑的神色使她不由自主地低下了眼睛，行了個屈膝禮。
“保羅少爺好嗎，理查茲？”
“很壯實，先生，很健康?！?BR> “他看來是這樣，”董貝先生說道，一邊懷著極大的興趣，朝著她掀開讓他觀察的很小的臉孔看了一眼，但卻裝作對它不大關心的樣子，說道，“我希望，您需要的東西他們都給您了吧？”
“啊，是的，謝謝您，先生?！?/FONT>
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.'
可是她回答的時候，忽然流露出了明顯的遲疑的口氣，因此已經走開了的董貝先生又停下腳步，露出詢問的神色，重新轉過身來。
“我覺得，先生，要使孩子活潑愉快，最好的辦法莫過于讓他們看到別的孩子在他們周圍玩耍，”波利鼓起勇氣，說出了她的意見。
“我記得當您到這里來的時候，我曾經跟您說過，”董貝先生皺了皺眉頭，說道，“我希望您盡可能不去探望您的家庭。如果您愿意，您就繼續散步吧?！?/FONT>
注釋：continue vi. 繼續，延續；仍舊，連續 vt. 繼續說…；使…繼續；使…延長
例句：
1. It will continue to develop.
它將繼續發展下去。
2. He is to continue as manager.
他要繼續當經理。
