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Moronic and slovenly, so ridden by anemia she could not feel affection for her
children or make a pretense of it. His father Hagen had hated. His mother's
Blindness before she died had terrified him and his own eye infection had been a
Stroke of doom. He had been sure he would go blind. When his father died, Tom
Hagen's eleven-year-old mind had snapped in a curious way. He had roamed the
Streets like an animal waiting for death until the fateful day Sonny found him
Sleeping in the back of a hallway and brought him to his home. What had
Happened afterward was a miracle. But for years Hagen had had nightmares,
Dreaming he had grown to manhood blind, tapping a white cane, his blind
Children behind him tap-tapping with their little white canes as they begged in the
Streets. Some mornings when he woke the face of Don Corleone was imprinted
On his brain in that first conscious moment and he would feel safe.
But the Don had insisted that he put in three years of general law practice in
Addition to his duties for the family business. This experience had proved
invaluable later on, and also removed any doubts in Hagen's mind about working
For Don Corleone. He had then spent two years of training in the offices of a top
Firm of criminal lawyers in which the Don had some influence. It was apparent to
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