"Von sbirro veseet de maiden," said the Signor, in a whisper.
"A Fluttered Dovecote"
George Manville Fenn
If he was watched, he did not care to exhibit himself to his friends as a martyr, to tell stories of the sbirro who sometimes dogged his footsteps, nor to cry aloud that he was unjustly persecuted.
"Saracinesca"
F. Marion Crawford
Why not send a detective-a sbirro?
"Saracinesca"
F. Marion Crawford