Крестный отец

           "Everymanhasonedestiny,"hesaid.HedidnotaddthatthewitnessingofFanucci’smurderhaddecidedthatofhisson.Hemerelyturnedawayandaddedquietly,"Comeintomorrowmorningatnineo’clock.Gencowillshowyouwhattodo."

           ButGencoAbbandando,withthatshrewdinsightthataConsiglieremusthave,realizedthetruewishoftheDonandusedSonnymostlyasabodyguardforhisfather,apositioninwhichhecouldalsolearnthesubtletiesofbeingaDon.AnditbroughtoutaprofessorialinstinctintheDonhimself,whooftengavelecturesonhowtosucceedforthebenefitofhiseldestson.

           Besideshisoft-repeatedtheorythatamanhasbutonedestiny,theDonconstantlyreprovedSonnyforthatyoungman’soutburstsoftemper.TheDonconsideredauseofthreatsthemostfoolishkindofexposure;theunleashingofangerwithoutforethoughtasthemostdangerousindulgence.NoonehadeverheardtheDonutteranakedthreat,noonehadeverseenhiminanuncontrollablerage.Itwasunthinkable.AndsohetriedtoteachSonnyhisowndisciplines.Heclaimedthattherewasnogreaternaturaladvantageinlifethanhavinganenemyoverestimateyourfaults,unlessitwastohaveafriendunderestimateyourvirtues.

           Thecaporegime,Clemenza,took,Sonnyinhandandtaughthimhowtoshootandtowieldagarrot.SonnyhadnotastefortheItalianrope,hewastooAmericanized.Hepreferredthesimple,direct,impersonalAnglo-Saxongun,whichsaddenedClemenza.