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           You’veconstructedamagnificentriddlethatIcan’tsolve,sohowcanIapproveordisapprove?"

           AlookofcontentcameovertheDon’sface."Well,youknowmebetterthananyoneelse.Eventhoughyou’renotaSicilian,Imadeyouone.Everythingyousayistrue,butthere’sasolutionandyou’llcomprehenditbeforeitspinsouttotheend.YouagreeeveryonehastotakemywordandI’llkeepmyword.AndIwantmyordersobeyedexactly.But,Tom,themostimportantthingiswehavetogetMichaelhomeassoonaspossible.Makethatfirstinyourmindandinyourwork.Exploreallthelegalalleys,Idon’tcarehowmuchmoneyyouhavetospend.Ithastobefoolproofwhenhecomeshome.Consultthebestlawyersoncriminallaw.I’llgiveyouthenamesofsomejudgeswhowillgiveyouaprivateaudience.Untilthattimewehavetoguardagainstalltreacheries."

           Hagensaid,"Likeyou,I’mnotworriedsomuchabouttherealevidenceastheevidencetheywillmanufacture.AlsosomepolicefriendmaykillMichaelafterhe’sarrested.Theymaykillhiminhiscellorhaveoneoftheprisonersdoit.AsIseeit,wecan’tevenaffordtohavehimarrestedoraccused."

           DonCorleonesighed."Iknow,Iknow.That’sthedifficulty.Butwecan’ttaketoolong.TherearetroublesinSicily.Theyoungfellowsovertheredon’tlistentotheireldersanymoreandalotofthemendeportedfromAmericaarejusttoomuchfortheold-fashionedDonstohandle.Michaelcouldgetcaughtinbetween.