Hagen listened patiently. He had expected better from a man of Woltz's stature.
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- Lucy Mancini lifted her pink gown off the floor and ran up the steps. Sonny
- Treacherously triumphant, as if she had stolen a treasure from the bride.
- Amerigo Bonasera followed Hagen into the corner room of the house and
- Bonasera hesitated, then bent down and put his lips so close to the Don's hairy
- Don Corleone rose from behind the desk. His face was still impassive but his
- Sonny Corleone pressed close to the window. What he saw made him move
- Corleone led him into the house.
- Won't take me back unless I come crawling on my hands and knees, and I can't
- Never says anything against you. You couldn't help him a bit? Why not? He sings
- Hagen sat behind the desk and made notes. The Don heaved a sigh and asked,
- Hagen made a face of impressed approval that was very strangely Italian on
- When Johnny Fontane appeared in the garden, Kay Adams recognized him
- Favors. Someday he'll be at each one of those people's houses and they had
- Something special. Go your own way now, you're a man after all. But come to me
- Others into the sick man's room.
- Genco Abbandando had run a long race with death, and now, vanquished, he
- And criminal traitor to man.
- Spitball he was holding in his hand across to the clerk, who picked it up and
- Following Friday. But Hagen knew that to the Don, both were of equal importance,
- Any grown man could reasonably expect, and he found life interesting.
- Marines the day after Pearl Harbor.
- And his benefactor's blood family.
- Their lives or until they accepted defeat and returned to their home towns.
- Jack Woltz was a tall, powerfully built man with a heavy paunch almost
- A personal friend of mine. If I let him know I'm being pressured, you guys will
- Hagen listened patiently. He had expected better from a man of Woltz's stature.
- Than he had appeared this morning.
- Going to race him, I'm going to put him to stud. I'm going to build the greatest
- Much too sensitive. He never asks a second favor where he has been refused the
- Make me ridiculous. A man in my position, Mr. Hagen, can't afford to look
- For the first time, Woltz succeeded in astounding Hagen. He found it
- Naturally, anxious to show their gratitude.
- Were one hundred thousand black Chevy sedans in New York City.
- Tom Hagen went to his law office in the city on Thursday morning. He planned
- Threat against Don Corleone himself. Genius had its rewards.
- Be made to tell who had done the buying.
- Producer of the film telling him to report for work the following Monday.
- For any rap as long as he knows that they will be well taken care of for living
- Notoriously straitlaced in matters of sex.
- Legal protection is a must. I hear, Don Corleone, that you have as many judges in
- His leather armchair and motioned brusquely for a drink. Hagen poured him a
- Without a shred of trust Hagen got into the car.
- Michael Corleone had lied to Hagen. He was already in New York, and he had
- Worrying Sonny Corleone out in Long Beach.
- At a quarter to five that afternoon, Don Corleone had finished checking the
- Passed. They disappeared around the corner, leaving Freddie alone in the street
- In the half hour after the shooting of his father, Sonny Corleone received five
- It was Clemenza. The fat man's voice came wheezing over the phone in
- His mother looked at him steadily for a moment and then asked in Italian,
- Could be but one outcome. But again the nagging worry. Where was Luca Brasi?
Was it possible that a man who acted this stupidly could rise to the head of a
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Company worth hundreds of millions? That was something to think about since
The Don was looking for new things to put money into, and if the top brains of this
Industry were so dumb, movies might be the thing. The abuse itself bothered him
not at all. Hagen had learned the art of negotiation from the Don himself. "Never
get angry," the Don had instructed. "Never make a threat. Reason with people."
The word "reason" sounded so much better in Italian, rajunah, to rejoin. The art of
This was to ignore all insults, all threats; to turn the other cheek. Hagen had seen
The Don sit at a negotiating table for eight hours, swallowing insults, trying to
Persuade a notorious and megalomaniac strong-arm man to mend his ways. At
The end of the eight hours Don Corleone had thrown up his hands in a helpless
gesture and said to the other men at the table, "But no one can reason with this
fellow," and had stalked out of the meeting room. The strong-arm man had turned
White with fear. Emissaries were sent to bring the Don back into the room. An
Agreement was reached but two months later the strong-arm was shot to death in
His favorite barbershop.
2 So Hagen started again, speaking in the most ordinary voice. "Look at my
card," he said. "I'm a lawyer. Would I stick my neck out? Have I uttered one
Threatening word? Let me just say that I am prepared to meet any condition you
Name to get Johnny Fontane that movie. I think I've already offered a great deal
For such a small favor. A favor that I understand it would be in your interest to
Grant. Johnny tells me that you admit he would be perfect for that part. And let me
Say that this favor would never be asked if that were not so. In fact, if you're
Worried about your investment, my client would finance the picture. But please let
Me make myself absolutely clear. We understand your no is no. Nobody can force
You or is trying to. We know about your friendship with Mr. Hoover, I may add,
and my boss respects you for it. He respects that relationship very much."
Woltz had been doodling with a huge, red-feathered pen. At the mention of
Money his interest was aroused and he stopped doodling. He said patronizingly,
"This picture is budgeted at five million."
Hagen whistled softly to show that he was impressed. Then he said very
casually, "My boss has a lot of friends who back his judgment."
For the first time Woltz seemed to take the whole thing seriously. He studied
Hagen's card. "I never heard of you," he said. "I know most of the big lawyers in
New York, but just who the hell are you?"
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6 "I have one of those dignified corporate practices," Hagen said dryly. "I just
handle this one account." He rose. "I won't take up any more of your time." He
Held out his hand, Woltz shook it. Hagen took a few steps toward the door and
turned to face Woltz again. "I understand you have to deal with a lot of people
Who try to seem more important than they are. In my case the reverse is true. Why
Don't you check me out with our mutual friend? If you reconsider, call me at my
hotel." He paused. "This may be sacrilege to you, but my client can do things for
you that even Mr. Hoover might find out of his range." He saw the movie
producer's eyes narrowing. Woltz was finally getting the message. "By the way, I
admire your pictures very much," Hagen said in the most fawning voice he could
manage. "I hope you can keep up the good work. Our country needs it."
Late that afternoon Hagen received a call from the producer's secretary that a
Car would pick him up within the hour to take him out to Mr. Woltz's country home
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