Before leaving, Gordian still gave his son some money (it's better this way, because who knows what he might come up with) and ordered the manager to pay him periodically, but within reasonable limits.
Upon arriving in the city, Bruttius first wanted to meet his friend Marius, but he had already left somewhere.
"I thought we would do this together. What's the point then? He suggested it himself and then disappeared." A little later, Gordian managed to find an explanatory letter from his friend: he apologized, saying that his mother was very ill.
"I know this type of old men, like Marius's mother. She's always sick, and then she easily outlives her son."
Be that as it may, Gordian went to see the employer - Lutiel.