about his memories. He asks him what the first thing he .
remembers is, but Rosencrantz doesn't understand. He tells .
Guildenstern he's forgotten it: "it was a long time ago." .
Guildenstern, irritated, becomes more driven to philosophize. .
He tries to decide whether, since probability is a natural .
phenomenon, they might not be in a "natural" realm of .
existence. He suddenly remembers "we were sent for," by .
someone, which will gain importance as the play progresses. He .
tries to prove that if one says that while operating under .
unnatural forces the probability is that probability does not .
exist, that in itself is a probability. This means (he says) that .
since probability does not seem to apply to their coin game, they .
must not be operating under unnatural forces. .
However, his pleasure at his own reasoning does not last long, .
as he remembers how many times in the past they have spun .
coins together, never getting such results before. He believes .
that normal living depends on basic equality; it creates .
harmony, preventing anyone from losing or winning too much. .
Rosencrantz, meanwhile, talks randomly about strange scientific .
phenomenon, such as the fact that fingernails grow after death. .
Guildenstern becomes more and more tense, demanding what .
the first thing Rosencrantz remembers from today is. Finally .
Rosencrantz begins to follow the thread, crying that a .
messenger woke them up. He summoned them on official .
business, no questions asked. Rosencrantz remembers them .
leaving very quickly, afraid of arriving too late, but when .
Guildenstern asks him "Too late for what?" he cannot answer. .
They don't know where to go now; Rosencrantz doesn't even .
remember where he came from. .
Guildenstern begins to get depressed, feeling that, since they .
were picked out by this messenger, they should not be left to .
find their own way from now on. When Rosencrantz thinks he .
hears a band playing, Guildenstern begins to theorize about the .
