Word: santissima
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...milling about in the street. Small boys pelted the crowd with rocks. A Negro knifed an Italian. Women were fainting. Already the riot squads were on their way, and perspiring traffic cops were trying to reroute automobiles into side streets. "Madre di Dio!" breathed the Italian women, crossing themselves. "Santissima Maria, what a miracle has come...
...nought for dukedoms and is thoroughly incensed at the idea of bringing aboard a pirate ship an innocent maid, the daughter of an Irish colonel who is a follower of King James and who helps to set the trap for the treasure ship. But Murray has his way. The Santissima Trinidad, laden to the waterline with bullion, falls victim to the pirates off Hispaniola. From its deck, Master Ormerod carries the fair maid Moira to the Royal James. Then trouble begins. Half of the treasure is buried on -the sandy dot of land in the Caribbees, dangerous to shippingo...