accompanied him and his party to

" Kay said tartly
" Kay said tartly. We are quits. He sat down now and hummed along a bit with the piano. So anything you have to say. A worker who arrived at his pagliaio and found it looted was an injured man indeed. i don't know the customs that well. The wedding feast went on until midnight but bride and groom would leave before that in the Alfa Romeo. shylocking. He said cruelly. who in some way signaled his permission. "There's nothing. And yet curiously enough he was held in a slight contempt by the others.

She tried to protest that she attended only women whose history she knew but he shoved a handful of green dollars in her hand and ordered her roughly to come along with him. "My friends. I want to live in my house. Don Corleone was a clever man. You take a taxi. "Then we're faced with a tactical problem. with Mama Corleone bustling around preparing a snack for the arrival of her daughter. too. Don Tommasino put armed guards around his villa and the two shepherds. If I'd read about it I'd have called your mother sooner." "You'll be OK. establishing their own bookmakers.

whorehouses. Everything you say is true." he said. That's the most importunt matter. Well. Everything will be OK. considered it beneath their honor to traffic and abuse women; those rascals who would slit a throat with a song on their lips and the cross of an Easter palm in the lapel of their jackets. I understand about the two guards. they needed Amerigo Bonasera with them." By this time Hagen had come into the room. I don't want any of it sold to children. The Don walked across the room to his huge leather armchair and sat down.

just don't make the nurse too pretty. I have not taken any steps to learn who betrayed and killed my son. you can talk to the Don and advise him. they now earned their living in what perhaps could be called a saintly fashion. This war is going to cost a lot of money." Kay said tartly. I know that. The closest ally to the Tattaglia Family was Don Emilio Barzini. There were other tollbooths beside it but they were staffed only during the day. The two interior bodyguards were also in the kitchen. But what distressed him most of all was learning that Michael had killed Sollozzo and Captain McCluskey and had then been forced to flee to Sicily. named Albert Neri.

"Like hell he is. It was darker.It had been Hagen's idea to use private detectives to guard Don Corleone's hospital room." There was a click on the other end. Not even the Don himself could have done it any better. He's flying in tonight with Tom Hagen. it was nothing like the love he'd had for Kay. Still." The Don nodded. It was nothing like his adolescent crushes. I'd open up some poor bastard's belly and know he was going to die. We are quits.

back is his native village. Certainly everything had been arranged to keep the secret. Then Clemenza appeared in the doorway followed by two men carrying a stretcher. said. so direct from the heart; and to the heart of the matter. but me and him are good friends. 'I have powders. naturally. ordinary surgery. "Have you heard anything from Michael? Is he all right" There was silence at the other end of the phone and then Mrs. Sometimes I got to kick asses to make this place run right. Michael Corleone noticed that Johnny Fontane had lost a lot of money owing to this counterfeiting because at that time.

something told him that his daughter's beauty would make her fortune and her family secure. The pain that came and went he didn't mind at all. He grinned at Lucy and said. no mortal man who could bend them to their will unless they wished it. "Just get one. old crone fashion. that I had no objection to his earning his living in this fashion. moving away from the table to indicate that he expected them both to leave. you're the Consigliere. I never dreamed you had it in you to be such a good businessman." The three men shifted uneasily in their seats. Greene laughed and said.

the Don's wife. Corleone said. which we can't know until an autopsy really. During his exile he had always thought of Kay. Taza said to Don Tommasino. is it possible for a Sicilian to be as dumb as the Bocchicchios pretend to be?" Don Corleone smiled a little. Maybe they or their grandchildren will go into politics." he said. needless to say. "Chips. was simply not suited to be a Consigliere in a time of war." she said.

Now here's something I'll trust you with and I don't want you to repeat it even to your father. But the enemy was making its plans. Michael Corleone came finally to understand his father's character and his destiny. in man-to-man country fashion. A nurse is taking care of him in his room. It was the kind of operation that would warm any man's heart. or simply to escape being murdered for exercising their political and economic freedoms. as I see it. "Are you a friend of the friends?" Since the word Mafia could never be uttered aloud by the ordinary Sicilian." He watched Fabrizzio hurry into the stone hut that served as a garage for the Alfa Romeo. but Carlo had gotten the message all right: he was a hair away from death. you're more Italian than Yankee.

such as providing executioners. And yet curiously enough he was held in a slight contempt by the others. His daughter and wife would be disgraced. submissively. Taza was tall for a Sicilian.It had been Hagen's idea to use private detectives to guard Don Corleone's hospital room. Lucy and Jules Segal. In my city I would try to keep the traffic in the dark people." Johnny felt a sense of relief. She noticed he was careful because of her pregnancy and that gave her the courage to feed her rage. who was in the living room with Tom Hagen. Michael had bought himself some new clothes in Palermo and was no longer the roughly dressed peasant.

He did not speak. in which he took such pride that the legend had it he lost money on the enterprise by giving too good value for the prices charged." Hagen's voice was perfectly calm. and her puffy lips thickened her speech. For just the fraction of a second the wall of his will disintegrated and the draining of his physical strength was plain on his face. Michael had been transported from the ship docked at Palermo to the interior of the Sicilian island. He was. "Fine. then kept still. There's more money in drugs. Johnny went to work. more direct.

" Michael said laughing." Michael called down to him. Freddie accompanied him and his party to the airport. said the doo tor." Kay said. one starring himself. Michael said jokingly to his father. The Barzinis and Tattaglias were delighted with the Don's retirement. Corleone was always friendly and always wound up saying. Send them home." Kay was a little stunned by the coldness in his voice." Michael nodded and said.