Крестный отец

Chapter 14

           ButSonnybecameaconstantandwelcomecompaniontohisfather,drivinghiscar,helpinghiminlittledetails.Forthenexttwoyearsheseemedliketheusualsonenteringhisfather’sbusiness,nottoobright,nottooeager,contenttoholddownasoftjob.

           MeanwhilehisboyhoodchumandsemiadoptedbrotherTomHagenwasgoingtocollege.Fredowasstillinhighschool;Michael,theyoungestbrother,wasingrammarschool,andbabysisterConniewasatoddlinggirloffour.ThefamilyhadlongsincemovedtoanapartmenthouseintheBronx.DonCorleonewasconsideringbuyingahouseinLongIsland,buthewantedtofitthisinwithotherplanshewasformulating.

           VitoCorleonewasamanwithvision.AllthegreatcitiesofAmericawerebeingtornbyunderworldstrife.Guerrillawarsbythedozenflaredup,ambitioushoodlumstryingtocarvethemselvesabitofempire;menlikeCorleonehimselfweretryingtokeeptheirbordersandracketssecure.DonCorleonesawthatthenewspapersandgovernmentagencieswereusingthesekillingstogetstricterandstricterlaws,touseharsherpolicemethods.Heforesawthatpublicindignationmightevenleadtoasuspensionofdemocraticprocedureswhichcouldbefataltohimandhispeople.Hisownempire,internally,wassecure.HedecidedtobringpeacetoallthewarringfactionsinNewYorkCityandtheninthenation.

           Hehadnoillusionsaboutthedangerousnessofhismission.

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