ENOTECA FILICORI A few hours later, the team began to arrive at the hotel. I had taken a shower and went down to the lobby just to get out of my room, so I watched the parade of diggers as they arrived. Aggie and Tesa arrived last, in close conversation and whispering between themselves. I waved to Aggie, and he saw me sitting there in the room lit by the afternoon sun. Raising his index finger in the air and making small circles with it, I recognized the signal as him promising to return soon. They went up the stairs and disappeared from view. I sat with a coffee and my notes but soon heard the sound of Aggie’s heavy boots clomp down the steps as he entered the room alone. “Hey,” he began. “Quite a day.” I didn’t have anything to say right away. “Is Tesa in trouble?” he asked. “Yea

