Reading from Thursday, November 27

Happy Thanksgiving!! Today I read from page 131 - 197. Rick meets the girl from the opera that he adored so much, and they get along well, but after a few days she is distraught for an unknown reason and flees back to her hometown of Florence. On the team, Sly, an american, leaves for home because he just can't put up with "it" anymore, and Trey, another american, gets a compound fracture and is out for the season. Now Rick is the only American left, but an Italian - Fabrizzio - steps up and, for a fee of 800 euros a month, rejoins the team after leaving it. They have lost the previous 2 games, but they win the next one with Fabrizzio 62 to 12. Things are looking better for Rick.