English to Russian Art/Literary

"There's a way station half a day's ride from here."
"And what is that?" asked Varien. "Of your good heart, lady, tell us that it hath a fire and shelter from the rain."
"No and yes," she replied. "There is nowhere to light a fire, in case it should smoke, but way stations have roofs and four walls and a dry floor, and there is always a stock of dry wood for the taking."
We all cheered up a little. When we finally came upon the way station, it had grown even darker than the grey murk we had travelled through all day, and it took Rella a few minutes to find it even though she knew what she was looking for. It was well hidden, certainly. It was also no more and no less than she had said. When Varien finally managed to light a stub of candle, we saw that we were in a small room with four low walls, a roof that kept out the rain but was so low that Varien and I couldn't stand upright, a small chest against a corner, a tiny grille high up in a corner to let in air, no windows and no place for a fire. I started grumbling and threatened to light a fire on the floor as I piled the wet saddles and other tack in a corner. The horses were in a sheltered brake; we'd fed and watered them, but the poor things had naught but the wet ground to sleep on. They each had two blankets, and we had to hope that would do.


Это специальные постройки, что-то вроде "перевалочных пунктов", где путники могут остановиться на ночь, укрыться от непогоды. Причем предназначались они не для всез подряд, а лишь для ограниченного круга людей (например, представителей какой-то организации), которые прекрасно знали, где эти постройки находятся, и рассчитывали свой путь так, чтобы к ночи поспеть к очередной way station. Там их уже ждал запас дров, сухая одежда и пр.
Кажется, у охотников что-то подобное раньше было: специальные домики в лесу, с постоянным огневым запасом, продовольствием, одеждой и пр. Кто из охотников находил - пользовался.