Pactolus

Yet learn that Bacchus can be merciful.

Go to the city of Sardis, where flows the river Pactolus.

Follow its waters to the source of the stream.

There plunge thy head beneath the bubbling spring, and thy soul shall be purged of its crime, and thy hands shall be clean.

All right.

This Pactolus River, I think.

Yeah, I think Pactolus River, another lake that he's able to bathe in and is going to remove the curse from him so that he can go on about his business.

So that's the entire setup.

And they got to figure that out.

So while they're inside the tomb and they're traversing, They end up coming upon a big body of water, which is assumed to be the Pactolus River.

So, of course, you know, Joaquin checks it real quick, makes sure it's good, and tells Irene, like, hey, you can get up in there and see what we can do about doing this.

So she goes to get in.

Tito had the youthful grace of blushing, but he had also the adroit and ready speech that prevents a blush from looking like embarrassment.

He replied at once, "And a very Pactolus it is, a stream with golden ripples.

If I were an alchemist..." He was saved from the need for further speech by the sudden fortissimo of drums and trumpets and fifes bursting into the breadth of the piazza in a grand storm of sound.

A roar, a blast, and a whistling well-befitting a city famous for its musical instruments, and reducing the members of the closest group to a state of deaf isolation.