Part II: Change, Chapter 9 - 10 Summary

The boys make it to the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Joshua expresses interest in the details of Biff having sex with Maggie, being as he cannot experience this firsthand. Biff cannot talk about it, but he does arrange for two adjacent inn stalls and a prostitute. Biff and the prostitute have sex in one stall while Joshua stays in the other and asks questions about what they are doing and what it feels like. After a half-dozen attempts with different prostitutes, they give up on the idea, because Joshua still does not understand and they have almost run out of money.

Joshua and Biff hire on a ship to shorten their journey to Antioch, and the captain charges them five shekels apiece on top of their labor. Biff makes a wisecrack to the captain...