Question

(Reveal the extracts )(reference to the context ) ( elaborate )from the two gentlemen of Verona class 10th CBSE :
1."Must you work so hard? You both look rather tired ."" we are not complaining Sir"
2. "Lucia had herself been training as a singer ........ And they had suffered horribly from near starvation and exposure to the cold winter

Answer 1

1."Must you work so hard? You both look rather tired ."" we are not complaining Sir"

This extract has been taken from ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’, written by A.J. Cronin. In the first sentence, the author is amazed at the boys’ working so hard. In the second sentence Nicola is very politely replying to the author that though they worked very hard, but they did the work willingly without complaining about it to anyone.

2. "Lucia had herself been training as a singer ........ And they had suffered horribly from near starvation and exposure to the cold winter

This extract has been taken from ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’, written by A.J. Cronin. In this extract the nurse who was treating Lucia is trying to explain the history of Nicola’s family before the war. She is explaining to him the circumstances that destroyed the boys’ family and home and how Lucia fell ill afterwards.