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Chapter 28

           Itwasrecognizedthatsuchstatesmanshipsprangoutofweakness.

           Allthiswasknowntothemensittingintheroomandperhapsevenbelievedbyafew.CarloRizzilikedMichaelbutdidnotfearhimashehadfearedSonny.Clemenza,too,thoughhegaveMichaelcreditforabravuraperformancewiththeTurkandthepolicecaptain,couldnothelpthinkingMichaeltoosofttobeaDon.ClemenzahadhopedtobeglvenpermissiontoformhisownFamily,tohavehisownempiresplitawayfromtheCorleone.ButtheDonhadindicatedthatthiswasnottobeandClemenzarespectedtheDontoomuchtodisobey.Unlessofcoursethewholesituationbecameintolerable.

           TessiohadabetteropinionofMichael.Hesensedsomethingelseintheyoungman:aforcecleverlykepthidden,amanjealouslyguardinghistruestrengthfrompublicgaze,followingtheDon’spreceptthatafriendshouldalwaysunderestimateyourvirtuesandanenemyoverestimateyourfaults.

           TheDonhimselfandTomHagenwereofcourseundernoillusionsaboutMichael.TheDonwouldneverhaveretiredifhehadnothadabsolutefaithinhisson’sabilitytoretrievetheFamilyposition.HagenhadbeenMichael’steacherforthelasttwoyearsandwasamazedathowquicklyMichaelgraspedalltheintricaciesoftheFamilybusiness.Trulyhisfather’sson.

           ClemenzaandTessiowereannoyedwithMichaelbecausehehadreducedthestrengthoftheirregimesandhadneverreconstitutedSonny’sregime.TheCorleoneFamily,ineffect,hadnowonlytwofightingdivisionswithlesspersonnelthanformerly.

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