Question

"we do Many things sir,"Nicola answered seriously. he glanced at us hopefully


In this statemen, Nicola is trying to say that the two brothers do many thing for a living they were looking at the author in hope that he might ask them for others service and they would earn some money

Answer 1

yes u can say this but nicola said this to the author  because they do not want any help with him and to show that they can manage there selves 

Answer 2

Nicola said they do many things like shoe polisher, tourist guide, fruit seller.nicolo ties to get some work from author by which they can get some money for the treatment of their sister.