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           Whenhecameintotheconferenceroomfollowedbyhisaide,anequallysunburnedConsigliere,TramontiembracedDonCorleone,madeafaceofsympathytoshowhesorrowedforthedeadson.

           OtherDonswerearriving.Theyallkneweachother,theyhadmetovertheyears,eithersociallyorwheninthepursuitoftheirbusinesses.Theyhadalwaysshowedeachotherprofessionalcourtesiesandintheiryounger,leanerdayshaddoneeachotherlittleservices.ThesecondDontoarrivewasJosephZaluchifromDetroit.TheZaluchiFamily,underappropriatedisguisesandcovers,ownedoneofthehorse-racingtracksintheDetroitarea.Theyalsoownedagoodpartofthegambling.Zaluchiwasamoon-faced,amiable-lookingmanwholivedinaone-hundred-thousand-dollarhouseinthefashionableGrossePointesectionofDetroit.Oneofhissonshadmarriedintoanold,well-knownAmericanfamily.Zaluchi,likeDonCorleone,wassophisticated.DetroithadthelowestincidenceofphysicalviolenceofanyofthecitiescontrolledbytheFamilies;therehadbeenonlytwoexecutioninthelastthreeyearsinthatcity.Hedisapprovedoftrafficindrugs.

           ZaluchihadbroughthisConsiglierewithhimandbothmencametoDonCorleonetoembracehim.ZaluchihadaboomingAmericanvoicewithonlytheslightesttraceofanscent.Hewasconservativelydressed,verybusinessman,andwithaheartygoodwilltomatch.HesaidtoDonCorleone,"Onlyyourvoicecouldhavebroughtmehere."DonCorleonebowedhisheadinthanks.HecouldcountonZaluchiforsupport.