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           Thetrickisthatsincehedoesnotfeardeathandindeedlooksforit,thenthetrickistomakeyourselftheonlypersonintheworldthathetrulydesiresnottokillhim.Hehasonlythatonefear,notofdeath,butthatyoumaybetheonetokillhim.Heisyoursthen."

           ItwasoneofthemostvaluablelessonsgivenbytheDonbeforehedied,andMichaelhadusedittomakeNerihisLucaBrasi.

           Andnow,finally,AlbertNeri,aloneinhisBronxapartment,wasgoingtoputonhispoliceuniformagain.Hebrusheditcarefully.Polishingtheholsterwouldbenext.Andhispoliceman’scaptoo,thevisorhadtobecleaned,thestoutblackshoesshined.Neriworkedwithawill.Hehadfoundhisplaceintheworld,MichaelCorelonehadplacedhisabsolutetrustinhim,andtodayhewouldnotfailthattrust.