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Chapter 23

           Thisdidn’thelpmuchandthepoliceministersolvedhisproblembyarrestinganddeportingtopenalcoloniesanymalesuspectedofbeingamafioso.

           WhentheislandofSicilywasliberatedbytheAlliedArmies,theAmericanmilitarygovernmentofficialsbelievedthatanyoneimprisonedbytheFascistregimewasademocratandmanyofthesemafiosiwereappointedasmayorsofvillagesorinterpreterstothemilitarygovernment.ThisgoodfortuneenabledtheMafiatoreconstituteitselfandbecomemoreformidablethaneverbefore.

           Thelongwalks,abottleofstrongwineatnightwithaheavyplateofpastaandmeat,enabledMichaeltosleep.TherewerebooksinItalianinDr.Taza’slibraryandthoughMichaelspokedialectItalianandhadtakensomecollegecoursesinItalian,hisreadingofthesebookstookagreatdealofeffortandtime.Hisspeechbecamealmostaccentiessand,thoughhecouldneverpassasanativeofthedistrict,itwouldbebelievedthathewasoneofthosestrangeItaliansfromthefarnorthofItalyborderingtheSwissandGermans.

           Thedistortionoftheleftsideofhisfacemadehimmorenative.ItwasthekindofdisfigurementcommoninSicilybecauseofthelackofmedicalcare.Thelittleinjurythatcannotliepatchedupsimplyforlackofmoney.Manychildren,manymen,boredisfigurementsthatinAmericawouldhavebeenrepairedbyminorsurgeryorsophisticatedmedicaltreatments.

           MichaeloftenthoughtofKay,ofhersmile,herbody,andalwaysfeltatwingeoconscienceatleavinghersobrutallywithoutawordoffarewell.

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