Unlocked it. From it he took an indexed book bound in blue leather. He opened it

to the T's until he found the entry he was looking for. It read, "Ray Farrell $5,000

Christmas Eve." This was followed by a telephone number. Sonny dialed the

number and said, "Farrell?" The man on the other end answered, "Yes." Sonny

said, "This is Santino Corleone. I want you to do me a favor and I want you to do

It right away. I want you to check two phone numbers and give me all the calls

they got and all the calls they made for the last three months." He gave Farrell the

number of Paulie Gatto's home and Clemenza's home. Then he said, "This is

important. Get it to me before midnight and you'll have an extra very Merry

Christmas."

35 Before he settled back to think things out he gave Luca Brasi's number one

More call. Again there was no answer. This worried him but he put it out of his

Mind. Luca would come to the house as soon as he heard the news. Sonny

Leaned back in the swivel chair. In an hour the house would be swarming with

Family people and he would have to tell them all what to do, and now that he

Finally had time to think he realized how serious the situation was. It was the first

Challenge to the Corleone Family and their power in ten years. There was no

Doubt that Sollozzo was behind it, but he would never have dared attempt such a