The proprietor was a Zip — a Sicilian-born mobster — who was running a gambling operation that cut into Godfather Gotti's turf.

I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.

She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

The head-dress of the Horse Grenadiers consists of a peculiar leather helmet with a comb of bear's skin passing over it from ear to ear and a long scarlet […]