Truffles Stories

"And Puissard," the old jailer warned, "Leave the poor girl alone."   He gave the foul-smelling rabassier an unceremonious shove through the outer gate and into the cobbled alleyway behind the Périgueux jail. The grizzled Frenchman turned as he stumbled to the curb, and spat his disdain at the provincial gendarme, but the constable had already shut the gate behind him and turned the key, hoping the old fool wouldn't recid...