Ruinous interest, waited hat in hand like a beggar while they sniffed around,

poked their noses up your very asshole to make sure you could pay them back."

The Don paused, his voice became sterner.

Quot;But if you had come to me, my purse would have been yours. If you had

Come to me for justice those scum who ruined your daughter would be weeping

Bitter tears this day. If by some misfortune an honest man like yourself made

enemies they would become my enemies" – the Don raised his arm, finger

pointing at Bonasera – "and then, believe me, they would fear you."

15 Bonasera bowed his head and murmured in a strangled voice, "Be my friend.

I accept."

16 Don Corleone put his hand on the man's shoulder. "Good," he said, "you

Shall have your justice. Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon

You to do me a service in return. Until that day, consider this justice a gift from

my wife, your daughter's godmother."

When the door closed behind the grateful undertaker, Don Corleone turned to

Hagen and said, "Give this affair to Clemenza and tell him to be sure to use

Reliable people, people who will not be carried away by the smell of blood. After

all, we're not murderers, no matter what that corpse valet dreams up in his foolish

head." He noted that his first-born, masculine son was gazing through the