His sallow face flushed an ugly dark red

Quot;I went to the police like a good American. The two boys were arrested. They

Were brought to trial. The evidence was overwhelming and they pleaded guilty.

The judge sentenced them to three years in prison and suspended the sentence.

They went free that very day. I stood in the courtroom like a fool and those

bastards smiled at me. And then I said to my wife: 'We must go to Don Corleone

for justice.' "

9 The Don had bowed his head to show respect for the man's grief. But when he

spoke, the words were cold with offended dignity. "Why did you go to the police?

Why didn't you come to me at the beginning of this affair?"

10 Bonasera muttered almost inaudibly, "What do you want of me? Tell me what

you wish. But do what I beg you to do." There was something almost insolent in

His words.

11 Don Corleone said gravely, "And what is that?"

Bonasera glanced at Hagen and Sonny Corleone and shook his head. The

Don, still sitting at Hagen's desk, inclined his body toward the undertaker.

Bonasera hesitated, then bent down and put his lips so close to the Don's hairy

Ear that they touched. Don Corleone listened like a priest in the confessional,

Gazing away into the distance, impassive, remote. They stood so for a long

Moment until Bonasera finished whispering and straightened to his full height.