On the ride into Pompeii Arrius kept thinking about what had transpired between Philandros and himself. What was the boy up to? Begging him not to leave Green Acres? He would have thought that Philandros would have helped him pack his bags in his eagerness to have Sextus all to himself. Arrius needed to talk to Sextus alone but Philandros was continually at his side. He would have to make up some excuse to send the boy into Pompeii.