Where the Library Hides

Content Warning: This section includes discussion of graphic violence, addiction, substance use, death, and racism.

After Inez leaves, Porter hugs Whit and assures him that his actions saved their sister. Whit tells him that he’ll give them the money only if Porter stops their father from gambling, and his brother reassures him that he’ll ensure the money isn’t squandered and that they secure Arabella’s future via a protected dowry. Despite Porter’s offer for them to leave Egypt together, Whit refuses. He recognizes that his marriage to Inez is broken, but she’s still his best shot at finding Lourdes and the alchemical Chrysopoeia.

Back in the hotel, Inez pieces together that her mother will likely fence the stolen artifacts at the underground auction hosted by the Tradesman’s Gate smuggling ring. She proposes infiltrating the auction to locate Lourdes and the cache of Cleopatra’s relics. Isadora questions how far they’ll get without money and suggests that they go to Argentina to regroup. Inez decides to think it over but returns her travel tickets for cash for the time being.

Once Inez gets the money back, Whit arrives. He convinces her to hear him out and then tells her he knows how to find the location of the Tradesman’s Gate meeting.