Question

“Must you work so hard? You both look rather tired.”
1. Who is the speaker?
2. Who does ‘you’ refer to?
3. Why should ‘you’ work so hard?

Answer 1

1. Narrator is the speaker.

2. You refers to Nicola and Jacopo.

3.They work so hard to earn money.

Answer 2

1. A. J. Cronin (the narrator) is the speaker.

2. You refers to the two gentlemen of Verona named Nicola and Jacopo.

3. They work hard to earn money so that they could pay for the treatment of their sister Lucia who is afflicted with tuberculosis.