"Do you suffer in your business?" Norvin asked.
"Per Dio! Who does not? I have adopted your free country, Signore, but it is not so free as my own. Maledetto! You have too damned many laws in this free America."
Maruffi spoke hesitatingly, and yet with intense feeling; his black eyes glittered wickedly, and it was plain that he sounded the note of revolt which was rising from the law-abiding Italian element. His appearance bore out his reputation for leadership, for he was big and black and dour, and he gave the impression of unusual force.
"Your home is in Sicily, is it not?" Blake inquired.
"Si! I come from Palermo."
"I have been there."
"I remember," said Maruffi, calmly.
Donnelly broke in, "What do you hear regarding our capture of Sabella?"
"Eh?"
"How do they take it?"