Chapter 31
Alba at NightThat afternoon, following Rita and Stefano's departure for the train station at Piazza Trento e Trieste, Paolo and Nicki walked off to tour Alba and find out more about the missing truffles. There were many questions, but few answers. For their part, the trifolài were ambivalent. They didn't want to diminish the excitement about the truffle harvest, but they also couldn't deny the scarcity and the impact this had on the prices they must demand.
Most of the tourists who were now crowding Alba's streets knew very little about the problem and, if they did know, it seemed to matter little to them. Tourists were not the main market for the trifolài, who sold most of their crop to the restaurants, markets, and other Albese.
When it was time for dinner, Nicki and Paolo
