The hall was dark and as cold as a vault and a shivering sentry was leaning against the closed folding doors of what had been, in better days, the dining room.
В холле было темно и холодно, как в склепе; продрогший часовой стоял, прислонясь к закрытым раздвижным дверям, которые в лучшие времена вели в столовую.