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Chapter 1

           TheConsiglierewasalwaysafull-bloodedSicilian,andthefactthatHagenhadbeenbroughtupasamemberoftheDon’sfamilymadenodifferencetothattradition.Itwasaquestionofblood.OnlyaSicilianborntothewaysoformerta,thelawofsilence,couldbetrustedinthekeypostofConsigliere.Betweentheheadofthefamily,DonCorleone,whodictatedpolicy,andtheoperatinglevelofmenwhoactuallycarriedouttheordersoftheDon,therewerethreelayers,orbuffers.Inthatwaynothingcouldbetracedtothetop.UnlesstheConsigliereturnedtraitor.ThatSundaymorningDonCorleonegaveexplicitinstructionsonwhatshouldbedonetothetwoyoungmenwhohadbeatenthedaughterofAmerigoBonasera.ButhehadgiventhoseordersinprivatetoTomHagen.LaterinthedayHagenhad,alsoinprivatewithoutwitnesses,instructedClemenza.InturnClemenzahadtoldPaulieGattotoexecutethecommission.PaulieGattowouldnowmusterthenecessarymanpowerandexecutetheorders.PaulieGattoandhismenwouldnotknowwhythisparticulartaskwasbeingcarriedoutorwhohadordereditoriginally.EachlinkofthechainwouldhavetoturntraitorfortheDontobeinvolvedandthoughithadneveryethappened,therewasalwaysthepossibility.Thecureforthatpossibilityalsowasknown.Onlyonelinkinthechainhadtodisappear.

           TheConsiglierewasalsowhathisnameimplied.HewasthecounselortotheDon,hisright-handman,hisauxiliarybrain.Hewasalsohisclosestcompanionandhisclosestfriend.

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