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Chapter 14

           TheytoldhimthatameetinghadbeenarrangedinaBrooklynrestaurantwithCorleoneandtheyaccompaniedMaranzanoashisbodyguards.Theylefthumsittingatacheckeredtable,moroselymunchingapieceofbread,andfledtherestaurantasTessioandfourofhismenentered.Theexecutionwasswiftandsure.Maranzano,hismouthfullofhalf-chewedbread,wasriddledwithbullets.Thewarwasover.

           TheMaranzanoempirewasincorporatedintotheCorleoneoperation.DonCorleonesetupasystemoftribute,allowingallincumbentstoremainintheirbookmakingandpolicynumberspots.Asabonushehadafootholdintheunionsofthegarmentcenterwhichinlateryearswastoproveextremelyimportant.AndnowthathehadsettledhisbusinessaffairstheDonfoundtroubleathome.

           SantinoCorleone,Sonny,wassixteenyearsoldandgrowntoanastonishingsixfeetwithbroadshouldersandaheavyfacethatwassensualbutbynomeanseffeminate.ButwhereFredowasaquietboy,andMichael,ofcourse,atoddler,Santinowasconstantlyintrouble.Hegotintofights,didbadlyinschooland,finally,Clemenza,whowastheboy’sgodfatherandhadadutytospeak,cametoDonCorleoneoneeveningandinformedhimthathissonhadtakenpartinanarmedrobbery,astupidaffairwhichcouldhavegoneverybadly.Sonnywasobviduslytheringleader,thetwootherboysintherobberyhisfollowers.

           ItwasoneoftheveryfewtimesthatVitoCorleonelosthistemper.TomHagenhadbeenlivinginhishomeforthreeyearsandheaskedClemenzaiftheorphanboyhadbeeninvolved.

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