How to recover a replaced folder

Let's suppose you have the folder structure bellow:
folderA1
- folderB
.folderC1
.folderC2
folderA2
-folderB
.folderC3
Then, use the Finder to drag folderB from folderA2 to folderA1. You will be asked whether you want to replace folderA1's folderB. Choose replace. Folders C1 and C2 have disappeared. Dammm, IMHO, it should only add C3 to A1's folderB.
Now, how do I restore the C1 and C2 folders?
thanks
Ale!

The folder structure should be:
folderA1
-- folderB
...........folderC1
...........folderC2
folderA2
--folderB
...........folderC3
regards

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