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           Therewasonlyonethingwrongwiththewholeequation.DonCorleonehadpromisedhisgodsonhewouldgetthepartandDonCorleonehadnever,toHagen’sknowledge,brokenhiswordinsuchmatters.

           Hagensaidquietly,"Youaredeliberatelymisunderstandingme.Youaretryingtomakemeanaccomplicetoextortion.Mr.Corleonepromisesonlytospeakinyourfavoronthislabortroubleasamatteroffriendshipinreturnforyourspeakinginbehalfofhisclient.Afriendlyexchangeofinfluence,nothingmore.ButIcanseeyoudon’ttakemeseriously.Personally,Ithinkthatisamistake."

           Woltz,asifhehadbeenwaitingforsuchamoment,lethimselfgetangry."Iunderstoodperfectly,"hesaid."That’stheMafiastyle,isn’tis?Alloliveoilandsweettalkwhenwhatyou’rereallydoingismakingthreats.Soletmelayitontheline.JohnnyFonfanewillnevergetthatpartandhe’sperfectforit.Itwouldmakehimagreatstar.ButheneverwillbebecauseIhatethatpinkopunkandI’mgoingtorunhimoutofthemovies.AndI’lltellyouwhy.Heruinedoneofmymostvaluableprotegees.ForfiveyearsIhadthisgirlundertraining,singing,dancing,actinglessons,Ispenthundredsofthousandsofdollars.Iwasgoingtomakeherastar.I’llbeevenmorefrank,justtoshowyouthatI’mnotahard-heartedman,thatitwasn’talldollarsandcents.ThatgirlwasbeautifulandshewasthegreatestpieceofassI’veeverhadandI’vehadthemallovertheworld.Shecouldsuckyououtlikeawaterpump.