Waiting for Godot interferes with helping a fellow in trouble. It isn't by any chance the place known as the Board? We weren't here yesterday evening. Estragon declares he's going to leave, but is persuaded to help the men up—until he smells a fart and recoils from the trio on the floor.
Estragon hesitates. ) All the same, you can't tell me that this (gesture) bears any resemblance to... (he hesitates)... to the Macon country for example. They have no control about what will happen or where they can go, or even over whether they will live at all. You're sure yours were black? The very beginning of WHAT? Though it seems to be the start of the day, Estragon says that for him, "it's over and done with, no matter what happens. Unlike Estragon, who accepts his strange disorientation in time and space, Vladimir tries to pin down exactly where and when they are, and whether it's the same place they were yesterday. There is no way of confirming his memories since Estragon always forgets everything that happens to him. He draws Vladimir to extreme right and places him with his back to the stage. ) Vladimir inspects it, throws it down angrily. ) Despite all of the pain caused by waiting for Godot, Vladimir still feels compelled to come back tomorrow and do it again.
Oh it's not the worst, I know. Upon questioning the boy further, Vladimir discovers two things — that Mr. Godot "does nothing" and that he has a white beard. Will you look at me! Halts extreme right and gazes into distance off, shading his eyes with his hand. You say we have to come back tomorrow? Vladimir must remind Estragon yet again that they have to stay and wait for Godot. You see, you piss better when I'm not there. He asks if Vladimir is sure that Pozzo wasn't actually Godot. Vladimir, meanwhile, tries to figure out if this Pozzo is the same Pozzo he met yesterday.
Estragon tells Vladimir that he can't go on like this, and Vladimir tells him that they will hang themselves tomorrow, unless Godot comes. Yes, now I remember, yesterday evening we spent blathering about nothing in particular. Are there no carrots? You're a hard man to get on with, Gogo. One is not master of one's moods. Pozzo asks Vladimir to describe their surroundings. Then Vladimir begins to wonder (while Estragon goes to sleep): "Was I sleeping, " he asks himself, "while the others suffered? They make a noise like feathers. Pozzo asks that Didi and Gogo check on Lucky to see if he is all right. Where are your boots? Estragon asks if Vladimir is sure that Pozzo is the right name. Are you sure his name is Pozzo? We'll hang ourselves tomorrow. ) That might be better for us.
Vladimir asks the boy what Mr. Godot does. I begin to weary of this motif. The two of you slipped. ) He's forgotten everything! Miraculously, after Didi quiets down a bit, Estragon gets to sleep. Vladimir asks where Estragon spent the night and whether "they" beat him. He takes off Lucky's hat, peers into it, shakes it, knocks on the crown, puts it on again. He goes feverishly to and fro, halts finally at extreme left, broods. He says he would have stopped "them" from beating Estragon.
That's been going on now for half a century. Enter Estragon left, panting. Then it'll be night.