Two Gentlemen of Verona

–A.J Cronin

The first meeting with the two poor boys

The narrator is being driven down the foothills of the Alps when the car is stopped by two young brothers who are in a rather ruffled physical state, selling wild strawberries. The narrator is curtly stopped by his driver Luigi from buying the strawberries, as he claims that he could get better quality fruit in Verona. Yet, the narrator buys the biggest …