Chapter 10, In which various sets of young people get together, and Chapter 11, Confessions of Fausto Maijstral Summary

McClintic Sphere, musician and singer, has just finished his last set at a club. He goes to a woman named Ruby for comfort. Slab and Esther are at his home, looking at a painting of a cheese danish and a tree. He says it will replace the cross in Western civilization. Esther tells him the pain in her abdomen is bad, but he says he does not have anything to help her, and he cannot help that Dr. Schoenmaker cut her off. Winsome is at a bar with Rachel. he asks about Paola but is still afraid to make his feelings for her known. Benny Profane is on guard duty at Anthroresearch Associates...