(1) Nicola sat upright ,tired. A bundle of unsold newspapers lay at his feet, Jacopo, his head resting upon his brother′s should ,was asleep.
(a) What time of the day it was?
(b) What were Nicola and Jacopo doing there?
(c) Why are they carrying newspapers with them ?

a) It was almost midnight.
b) They were in the deserted square waiting for the last bus from Padua, so as to sell the last bundle of newspapers they had with them to the passengers in that bus.
c) ​To sell the last bundle of newspapers they had with them to the passengers in that bus.