" They are repeopling the country, " jested Loiseau.

鸟先生讲了一句笑话：“他们在添补人。”

How, then, was the earth repeopled?

那么，球是如何重新居住的呢？

Sometimes a whole city which stood in need of being repeopled was temporarily created a place of refuge.

有时， 整个需要重新安置人的城市都被临时创建为避难所。

The iron gates were being closed with a jar and a rattle, and the dismal place was deserted until tomorrow morning's interest of gallows, pillory, whipping post and branding iron should repeople it.

铁栅门正在发出刺耳的响声关闭，阴森的一直荒无人烟，直到明天早上绞架、耻辱柱、鞭笞柱和烙铁带来的热闹景象再次让这里充满人声。