jonesy and mr gray were crossing the kittery-portsmouth bridge into new hampshire ; henry , owen , and duddits were passing exit 9 , which gives access to the communities of falmouth , cumberland , and jerusalem 's lot ; kurtz , freddy , and perlmutter ( perlmutter 's belly was swelling again ; he lay back groaning and passing noxious gas , perhaps a kind of critical comment on the great white father 's speech ) were near the bowdoinham exit of 295 , not far north of brunswick .