It is the day after Polonius died behind the arras. The burial is hurried through, with no ceremony and no mourners. The king says he did it to keep things quiet.
Hamlet takes ship the same day. The king has decided to send him to England. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern go along with him.
One of those left in the castle is Ophelia. Her father is dead, and the man who killed him is the man she loved. Nobody tells her what happened.