XI
Prison
1939-1945The work in the mine became increasingly harder over the months that followed. Although the boys were helping, the men felt the need for another adult. Nino thought they should find a new partner, but Gino was against that idea. To show that he was not being irrational he did his best to put even more effort into his part of the work. Nino, obliging by nature, preferred to go with the flow as long as it wasn’t totally unreasonable, so he didn’t insist.
One day two pieces of equipment broke at the same time. As they didn’t have the necessary spare parts, one of them would have to go to Wiluna. Gino didn’t want to go, but when Nino insisted he should go so that he could visit Simona, he didn’t feel he could refuse. In spite of the trust and friendship between them, Gino
