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The next morning, Falco returned. The permit was ready. Signed, stamped, embossed. Falco almost wept with relief.

Falco, the chestnut seller, read the article while roasting his first batch. He felt sick. Not because he was innocent — he wasn't. But because he realized: the little envelope had never been a shortcut. It was a chain. And now he wore it too. la bustarella

One Thursday morning, a man named Falco entered. He was thin, with the tired eyes of someone who had been told "come back tomorrow" for six months. He wanted a license to sell roasted chestnuts from a cart near Piazza della Vittoria. The next morning, Falco returned