Ricardo was a young Italian man.
He lived in Milan. On his 16th birthday his father Antonio, in a rite of passage, gave him a hunting rifle that was a family heirloom. The rifle had been handmade by Antonio’s father who founded the Rolle Carabiner Company after World War II.
Ricardo cherished the rifle and he practiced with it often. One day, while at the shooting range, he met a beautiful English girl named Nev and they fell in love at first sight. In broken English he asked her out for coff…