She had returned, therefore, and resumed, —of her own free will, for not the sternest magistrate of that iron period would have imposed it, —resumed the symbol of which we have related so dark a tale.

因此，她回来了，并重新开始，——出于她自己的自由意志，因为那个钢铁时代最严厉的地方法官不会强加它——重新开始我们已经讲述过如此黑暗故事的象征。