Chapter 9, I Strike a Desperate Blow, Chapter 10, Under the Golden Wall, and Chapter 11, Two Go Home Summary

In chapter nine, several weeks pass, during which Will has begun to keep notes in the margins of a book his Master has allowed him to read. Will hides the book in his room because he believes it is a place where his Master cannot go. One afternoon, Will goes to see Fritz and learns he is in the hospital. The human hospital is simply a room filled with beds where one human slave is allowed to care for the ill. Fritz promises Will that he is better and will go back to his Master soon, if the Master will have him. Will and Fritz talk about finding a way out of the...