On one side to a stable-yard open to a by-road, where the ostlers were unharnessing the splashed and tired horses from the muddy carriage, and beyond that to the by-road itself, across which the sign was heavily swinging; on the other side to a wood of dark pine-trees. 
: on one side to a stable-yard with the road beyond it; on the other side to a wood of dark pine-trees. 