The summons came in the hour before the dawn, when the world was still and grey.

国王传唤他时，天还未亮，世界一片寂静，灰蒙蒙的。

Having smoked his pipe out, and ruminated a little longer, he turned himself about, that he might appear, before the hour of closing, on his station at Tellson’s.

他抽完烟斗，又沉思了一会儿，转过身来，以便在下班前出现在台尔森公司他的岗位上。

Juanita begins our dialogue by asking Chuck, " What time is it? " Chuck says, " It's quarter to 12." " Quarter to" is 15 minutes before the hour.

胡安妮塔在对话开始时问查克：“现在几点了？ ”查克说：“现在是 12 点一刻。 ” “刻点” 是指整点前 15 分钟。