She stooped over the silent circle, and selecting from the brands a piece of stick which bore the largest live coal at its end, brought it to where she had been standing before.

她俯身朝向那一圈沉默的余烬，从燃烧过的木柴里拣出根一端炭火已经烧的很亮的木柴，然后把它拿到她先前站立的地方。