Michael Corleone had lied to Hagen. He was already in New York, and he had
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- 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?
- Counting the driver, there were four men in the car with Hagen. They put him
- And suddenly Hagen knew that he was no longer going to be set free. That
- When Michael Corleone arrived at his father's house in Long Beach he found
- Young to know about it and then things got pretty smooth while you were
- Want it to be Paulie either.
- Don't care if we have to fight all the five families in New York. The Tattaglia Family
- It was nearly four o'clock in the morning as they all sat in the corner room
- Brasi's number and kept the receiver to his ear as it rang and rang.
- Peter Clemenza slept badly that night. In the morning he got up early and
- Impressive apprenticeship in the Family. During the war he had been wounded in
- If displeased with him. With a man so sensitive and suspicious as Gatto this
- Talk about that later. You understand the Family now is occupied with more
- Bronx to his home in Manhattan.
- On the night before the shooting of Don Corleone, his strongest and most
- Meeting was not as outlandish as it seemed.
- Humanity remaining to him. He was dead.
- The day after the shooting of Don Corleone was a busy time for the Family.
Called from a room in the Hotel Pennsylvania less than ten blocks away. When he
hung up the phone, Kay Adams put out her cigarette and said, "Mike, what a good
fibber you are."
2 Michael sat down beside her on the bed. "All for you, honey; if I told my family
We were in town we'd have to go there right away. Then we couldn't go out to
Dinner, we couldn't go to the theater, and we couldn't sleep together tonight. Not
in my father's house, not when we're not married." He put his arms around her
And kissed her gently on the lips. Her mouth was sweet and he gently pulled her
Down on the bed. She closed her eyes, waiting for him to make love to her and
Michael felt an enormous happiness. He had spent the war years fighting in the
Pacific, and on those bloody islands he had dreamed of a girl like Kay Adams. Of
A beauty like hers. A fair and fragile body, milky-skinned and electrified by
Passion. She opened her eyes and then pulled his head down to kiss him. They
Made love until it was time for dinner and the theater.
After dinner they walked past the brightly lit department stores full of holiday
shoppers and Michael said to her, "What shall I get you for Christmas?"
4 She pressed against him. "Just you," she said. "Do you think your father will
approve of me?"
5 Michael said gently, "That's not really the question. Will your parents approve
of me?"
6 Kay shrugged. "I don't care," she said.
7 Michael said, "I even thought of changing my name, legally, but if something
happened, that wouldn't really help. You sure you want to be a Corleone?" He
Said it only half-jokingly.
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8 "Yes," she said without smiling. They pressed against each other. They had
Decided to get married during Christmas week, a quiet civil ceremony at City Hall
With just two friends as witnesses. But Michael had insisted he must tell his
Father. He had explained that his father would not object in any way as long as it
Was not done in secrecy. Kay was doubtful. She said she could not tell her
parents until after the marriage. "Of course they'll think I'm pregnant," she said.
Michael grinned. "So will my parents," he said.
What neither of them mentioned was the fact that Michael would have to cut
His close ties with his family. They both understood that Michael had already
Done so to some extent and yet they both felt guilty about this fact.
They planned to finish college, seeing each other weekends and living
Together during summer vacations. It seemed like a happy life.
11 The play was a musical called Carousel and its sentimental story of a
Braggart thief made them smile at each other with amusement. When they came
out of the theater it had turned cold. Kay snuggled up to him and said, "After
we're married, will you beat me and then steal a star for a present?"
12 Michael laughed. "I'm going to be a mathematics professor," he said. Then he
asked, "Do you want something to eat before we go to the hotel?"
Kay shook her head. She looked up at him meaningfully. As always he was
Touched by her eagerness to make love. He smiled down at her, and they kissed
In the cold street. Michael felt hungry, and he decided to order sandwiches sent
Up to the room.
14 In the hotel lobby Michael pushed Kay toward the newsstand and said, "Get
the papers while I get the key." He had to wait in a small line; the hotel was still
Short of help despite the end of the war. Michael got his room key and looked
Around impatiently for Kay. She was standing by the newsstand, staring down at
A newspaper she held in her hand. He walked toward her. She looked up at him.
Her eyes were filled with tears. "Oh, Mike," she said, "oh, Mike." He took the
Paper from her hands. The first thing he saw was a photo of his father lying in the
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