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           Butyourfatherstandsinthewaybecauseofcertainunrealisticscruples.Bydoingthisheimposeshiswillonmenlikemyself.Yes,yes,Iknow,hesaystome,‘Goahead,it’syourbusiness,’butwebothknowthatisunrealistic.Wemusttreadoneachother’scorns.WhatheisreallytellingmeisthatIcannotoperatemybusiness.Iamamanwhorespectshimselfandcannotletanothermanimposehiswillonmesowhathadtohappendidhappen.LetmesaythatIhadthesupport,thesilentsupportofalltheNewYorkFamilies.AndtheTattagliaFamilybecamemypartners.Ifthisquarrelcontinues,thentheCorleoneFamilywillstandaloneagainsteveryone.Perhapsifyourfatherwerewell,itcouldbedone.ButtheeldestsonisnotthemantheGodfatheris,nodisrespectintended.AndtheIrishConsigliere,Hagen,isnotthemanGencoAbbandandowas,Godresthissoul.SoIproposeapeace,atruce.Letusceaseallhostilitiesuntilyourfatheriswellagainandcantakepartinthesebargainings.TheTattagliaFamilyagrees,uponmypersuasionsandmyindemnities,toforgojusticefortheirsonBruno.Wewillhavepeace.Meanwhile,Ihavetomakealivingandwilldoalittletradinginmybusiness.IdonotaskyourcooperationbutIaskyou,theCorleoneFamily,nottointerfere.Thesearemyproposals.Iassumeyouhavetheauthoritytoagree,tomakeadeal."

           MichaelsaidinSicilian,"Tellmemoreabouthowyouproposetostartyourbusiness,exactlywhatpartmyFamilyhastoplayinitandwhatprofitwecantakefromthisbusiness."