A Platform before the Castle.

FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDO.

Bernardo: Who's there?

Francisco: Nay, answer me; stand, and unfold yourself.

Bernardo: Long live the king!

Francisco: Bernardo?

Bernardo: He.

Francisco: You come most carefully upon your hour.

Bernardo: 'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed, Francisco.

Francisco: For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold,
And I am sick at heart.

-Hamlet,
William Shakespeare

What does the audience learn about the setting of the play from the opening lines of the first scene? Check all that apply