Chapter 4 Sicilian Message
Late that night, Michael and Kay were coming out of a theatre. Although they were staying in New York, Michael had told his family that he was in New Hampshire, over a hundred miles away. 'If I told my family we were in New York, we would have to see them right away,' he told Kay. 'Then we wouldn't be able to be alone together.' The night was freezing, and Michael and Kay held each other closely as they walked slowly along the crowded pavement. 'What do you want for Christmas?' he asked Kay. Kay laughed and kissed his frozen cheek. 'Just you,' she said. They walked a little further, then suddenly Kay stopped. Mike,' she said, looking behind her, her face white with shock. 'What's the matter?' said Mike, confused.
She took his hand and led him back to a newspaper shop they had just passed. She pointed to a newspaper. Michael picked it up. 'VITO CORLEONE SHOT FIVE TIMES' he read on the front page. Opening it, he saw a photograph of his father. 'KILLERS SHOOT UNDERWORLD BOSS'. Without looking at Kay, he ran across the street to a public telephone and rang Sonny. 'Sonny?' he said. 'It's Michael. Is he all right?' 'We don't know yet, but he's hit bad, Mikey,' his brother said. 'Where have you been? We've been worried.' Michael suddenly felt guilty about lying to his family about New Hampshire. 'I called. Didn't Tom tell you?' 'No. But come home, Mikey. You should be with Mama. We need you.'
Michael picked up the newspaper. 'VITO CORLEONE SHOT FIVE TIMES' he read on the front page.
Michael put down the phone. Kay, who had followed him across the road, looked at him with tears in her eyes. Michael kissed her and hugged her tightly. Then, stepping away from her, he said: 'Go back to the hotel, Kay. I've got to go home.' ♦
As soon as Sonny had put down the phone, there was a knock on the door. 'They say he's dead, Sonny,' said Pete Clemenza as he came in. Sonny took him roughly by the collar and threw him against the wall. 'Take it easy,' Clemenza cried. Sonny took a deep breath and took his hands away. 'I'm sorry,' he said. And then asked: 'How's Paulie?' 'Paulie wasn't there. He was sick.' 'What do you mean? How many times has he been sick?' 'I don't know, Sonny,' Clemenza said, half afraid, half confused. 'Three, maybe four times.' 'Listen. I don't care how sick he is. I want you to bring him to my father's house now. Do you understand?' After Clemenza had gone, Sonny looked at his wife, who was standing nervously in the doorway, holding a crying baby. He hugged and kissed them both, trying to calm them down. Trying to calm himself down. Suddenly, the phone rang again. The voice on the other end was very soft, very gentle: 'We have Tom Hagen,' the voice said. 'In about three hours we'll let him go. He'll have a message for you. Don't do anything stupid until you've heard what he has to say. Your father's dead. Let's all keep clear-headed about this, OK?' OK.' Although he felt like shouting, Sonny spoke quietly. 'I'll wait.' He immediately left his house and crossed the private road to the one where his father lived. He found his mother in the kitchen.
'Papa's hurt,' he told her. 'I don't know how bad.' His mother just said: 'I'll go and get ready. I might be able to see him.' She didn't ask her son any questions. A Sicilian woman was taught never to ask men questions. Sonny took a mouthful of bread, went into his father's office and picked up the phone. 'Tessio? I want fifty good men here right away.' 'What about Clemenza's people?' Tessio asked. 'No. I don't want to use his men right now.' Then he made a second call. This time it was to a friend of his who worked for the telephone company. 'Farrell? I want you to do me a favour. I want you to check two phone numbers for me. Give me all the calls they made and received over the last three months. It's very important. Give me the information before midnight.' He gave him Paulie Gatto's and Pete Clemenza's numbers. Then he made a third call. He phoned Luca Brasi. But this time there was no answer. ♦
When Michael arrived, he found his father's house full of men he didn't know. He went into the living-room, shook hands with a sad-looking Pete Clemenza, kissed Tom Hagen's wife on the cheek, then went into his father's corner-room office. Sonny was sitting with Tessio, talking quietly. When he saw Michael, he stood up and ran towards him. 'I'm really glad to see you,' he said, hugging his brother warmly. 'Mama's at the hospital with the old man. He's going to be OK, thank God.' But then he saw Michael sit down, and he stopped smiling. 'What are you doing?' he said. 'I'm talking important business with Tessio.' 'Maybe I can help, 'Michael said. 'If you stay here, you'll hear things you shouldn't,' Sonny warned him. 'The old man will kill me if he finds out.'
Michael stared at his brother. 'He's my father too,' he said quietly- 'OK,' said Sonny, annoyed at Michael's refusal to leave. 'You want to hear? Then I'll tell you. Whose head do we shoot off, Paulie's or Clemenza´s? One of them betrayed the old man to Sollozzo. Who do you think it was?' If Sonny was hoping to shock Michael, he didn't succeed. His younger brother just looked at him coldly and said: 'Not Clemenza.' Sonny stared at his brother for a moment, then looked at Tessio with disbelief. 'I don't believe it. The college boy's right. It was Paulie. I had their numbers checked. While Paulie was sick, he got phone calls from Sollozzo's people.' Michael got up and stood in front of his brother. 'Is there going to be a war, Sonny?' he said. 'Of course there is. Unless the old man tells me different. Sollozzo's a dead man. I'm going to hit all five families if I have to The Tattaglias are going to eat dirt.' 'Wait, Sonny' Michael said with a look of warning in his eyes. 'This isn't how Papa would do it.' Just then, they heard loud voices from outside the door, and the sound of people laughing. Sonny Michael and Tessio rushed out of the room and saw Tom Hagen standing at the front door, hugging his wife and smiling.
Sonny, Tom, Clemenza and Tessio sat in the Godfather's office, talking. They were planning to kill Sollozzo, wondering where Luca Brasi was, thinking about what to do if the Godfather died. Michael sat by the desk, listening to the conversation, but not permitted to speak. There was a knock at the door, and Paulie Gatto came in. He was blowing his nose, and looked very ill.
'There's a man at the gate,' Paulie said, looking at Sonny. 'He's got something for you.' Sonny sent Tessio out to see what it was. Then he smiled at Paulie. 'Are you OK, Paulie?' he asked. 'Why don't you go to the kitchen and get something to drink? You look terrible.' When Paulie had gone, Sonny turned to Clemenza. 'I want you to kill him tomorrow,' he said. 'He betrayed the old man to Sollozzo. I don't want to see him again.' Clemenza hid his surprise and just nodded. To him, it was just a job. Then Tessio came into the room. He was carrying something inside a large piece of brown paper. He gave it to Sonny, and stepped back. Sonny opened the paper. Inside, there was Luca Brasi's jacket. And inside the jacket, there was a dead fish. Sonny looked up at Tessio, confused. 'What's this?' he asked. 'It's a Sicilian message,' Tessio said in his deep but strangely gentle voice. 'It means that Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.'
บทที่ 4 ข้อซิซิลี กลางคืน Michael และเคย์ได้มาจากโรงละคร ถึงแม้ว่าพวกเขาได้อยู่ในนิวยอร์ก Michael ได้บอกครอบครัวที่เขาอยู่ในนิวแฮมป์เชียร์ กว่าร้อยไมล์ออกไป 'ถ้าฉันบอกว่า ครอบครัวเราอยู่ในนิวยอร์ก เราจะต้องดูทันที เขาบอกเคย์ 'แล้วเราจะไม่สามารถอยู่คนเดียวด้วยกัน" คืนถูกแช่แข็ง และ Michael เคย์ขึ้นกันอย่างใกล้ชิดเดินช้า ๆ ไปตามถนนที่แออัด เขาถามเคย์ 'ที่คุณต้องการสำหรับคริสต์มาส' เคย์หัวเราะ และรั้งแก้มของเขาแช่แข็ง "เพียงคุณ เธอกล่าว เดินอีกเล็กน้อย แล้วก็เคย์หยุด ไมค์ เธอกล่าวว่า หาเบื้องหลังของเธอ เธอขาวหน้าช็อก 'เป็นอะไรไป ' กล่าวว่า ไมค์ สับสน เธอเอามือของเขา และนำเขาไปร้านหนังสือที่พวกเขาได้ผ่าน เธอชี้ไปยังหนังสือพิมพ์ Michael รับมัน 'แจ CORLEONE ยิงห้าครั้ง' ที่เขาอ่านในหน้า เปิด เขาเห็นรูปถ่ายของพ่อ 'ยายิงบอสมังกร' โดยไม่มองที่เคย์ เขาวิ่งข้ามถนนไปโทรศัพท์สาธารณะ และรัง Sonny 'ซอนนี่ ' เขากล่าวว่า ' เป็น Michael ถูกเขา? " ' เรายังไม่รู้ แต่เขาได้ตีไม่ดี Mikey กล่าวว่า น้อง ' มาได้อย่างไร เราเคยกังวล ' Michael ก็รู้สึกผิดเกี่ยวกับการโกหกครอบครัวของเขาเกี่ยวกับนิวแฮมป์เชียร์ ' ฉันเรียก ทอมไม่ได้บอกคุณหรือไม่? " ' หมายเลข มาบ้าน Mikey แต่ คุณควรจะ มีมาม่า เราต้องการให้คุณ ' Michael เบิกค่าหนังสือพิมพ์ 'แจ CORLEONE ยิงห้าครั้ง' ที่เขาอ่านในหน้า Michael วางโทรศัพท์ เคย์ ที่มีเขาข้ามถนน มองที่เขา ด้วยน้ำตาในดวงตาของเธอ Michael รั้งเธอ และ hugged เธอแน่น แล้ว ก้าวจากเธอ เขากล่าวว่า: ' กลับไปโรงแรม เคย์ ดิฉันก็อยากจะไปบ้าน ' ♦ เป็นซอนนี่ได้วางโทรศัพท์ มีเสียงเคาะประตู ' พวกเขากล่าวว่า เขาจะตาย Sonny กล่าวว่า พี Clemenza กับเขามา ซอนนี่เอาเขาคร่าว ๆ โดยปลอกคอ และโยนเขากำแพง 'เย็น ๆ Clemenza ร้อง ซอนนี่เอาลมหายใจที่ลึก และเอามือของเขา 'ฉันขอ เขากล่าวว่า และถามแล้ว: 'ว่า Paulie ' ' Paulie ไม่มี เบื่อ ' "ไม่คุณหมายถึงอะไร จำนวนครั้งที่เขาได้ป่วย?' 'ฉันไม่รู้ Sonny,' Clemenza กล่าวว่า ครึ่งหนึ่งกลัว ครึ่งสับสน 'สาม สี่ทีครั้ง' ' ฟัง ฉันไม่สนใจว่าป่วยเป็น ผมอยากจะนำเขาไปที่บ้านของพ่อตอนนี้ คุณเข้าใจไหม? " หลังจาก Clemenza หายไปไหน Sonny มองที่ภรรยาของเขา ที่ยืนคนในประตู จับเด็ก crying เขา hugged และรั้งพวกเขาทั้งสอง พยายามให้สงบสติอารมณ์ พยายามสงบตัวเองลง ทันที โทรศัพท์รังอีกด้วย เสียงในส่วนอื่น ๆ ถูกมากอ่อนโยน นุ่มมาก: 'เรามีบริษัทฮาเก็นการ์ทอม กล่าวว่า เสียง ' ในเวลาประมาณ 3 ชั่วโมง เราจะปล่อยเขาไป เขาจะมีข้อความสำหรับคุณ ไม่ได้ทำอะไรโง่จนกระทั่งคุณได้ยินสิ่งที่เขาได้พูด คุณพ่อของตาย ลองทั้งหมดเก็บ clear-headed เกี่ยวกับการตกลงนี้ ?' ตกลง ' ถึงแม้ว่าเขารู้สึกเหมือน shouting, Sonny พูดอย่างเงียบ ๆ 'ก็รอ' เขาทันทีทิ้งบ้าน และข้ามถนนส่วนตัวไปยังที่พ่อของเขาอาศัยอยู่ เขาพบลูกในห้องครัว 'เจ็บของปาป้า เขาบอกเธอ 'ฉันไม่ทราบวิธีเลว' แม่ของเขาเพียงกล่าวว่า: ' ฉันจะไป และเตรียมการ ผมอาจจะเห็นเขาได้ ' เธอไม่ได้ถามลูกชายสงสัย ซิซิลีผู้หญิงถูกสอนไม่ให้คนถาม ซอนนี่เอาถูกปากขนมปัง เดินเข้าไปในสำนักงานของบิดา และรับโทรศัพท์ ' Tessio ฉันต้องการคนที่ดีห้าสิบนี่ทันที ' 'สิ่งที่เกี่ยวกับคนของ Clemenza ' Tessio ถาม 'หมายเลขไม่ต้องใช้คนขณะนี้' แล้ว เขาทำการเรียกที่สอง เวลานี้มันเป็นเพื่อนของเขาที่ทำงานในบริษัทโทรศัพท์ "ฟาร์เรล ผมอยากให้ทำให้ฉันชอบคุณ ฉันต้องการคุณสามารถตรวจสอบหมายเลขโทรศัพท์ที่สองสำหรับฉัน ให้เรียกทั้งหมดที่พวกเขาทำ และได้รับมากกว่าสามเดือน มันเป็นสิ่งสำคัญมาก ให้ฉันข้อมูลก่อนเที่ยงคืน ' เขาให้เขาหมายเลข Paulie Gatto และพี Clemenza แล้ว เขาทำที่สามติดต่อกัน เขา phoned Brasi ลูคา แต่เวลานี้มีคำตอบไม่ ♦ When Michael arrived, he found his father's house full of men he didn't know. He went into the living-room, shook hands with a sad-looking Pete Clemenza, kissed Tom Hagen's wife on the cheek, then went into his father's corner-room office. Sonny was sitting with Tessio, talking quietly. When he saw Michael, he stood up and ran towards him. 'I'm really glad to see you,' he said, hugging his brother warmly. 'Mama's at the hospital with the old man. He's going to be OK, thank God.' But then he saw Michael sit down, and he stopped smiling. 'What are you doing?' he said. 'I'm talking important business with Tessio.' 'Maybe I can help, 'Michael said. 'If you stay here, you'll hear things you shouldn't,' Sonny warned him. 'The old man will kill me if he finds out.' Michael stared at his brother. 'He's my father too,' he said quietly- 'OK,' said Sonny, annoyed at Michael's refusal to leave. 'You want to hear? Then I'll tell you. Whose head do we shoot off, Paulie's or Clemenza´s? One of them betrayed the old man to Sollozzo. Who do you think it was?' If Sonny was hoping to shock Michael, he didn't succeed. His younger brother just looked at him coldly and said: 'Not Clemenza.' Sonny stared at his brother for a moment, then looked at Tessio with disbelief. 'I don't believe it. The college boy's right. It was Paulie. I had their numbers checked. While Paulie was sick, he got phone calls from Sollozzo's people.' Michael got up and stood in front of his brother. 'Is there going to be a war, Sonny?' he said. 'Of course there is. Unless the old man tells me different. Sollozzo's a dead man. I'm going to hit all five families if I have to The Tattaglias are going to eat dirt.' 'Wait, Sonny' Michael said with a look of warning in his eyes. 'This isn't how Papa would do it.' Just then, they heard loud voices from outside the door, and the sound of people laughing. Sonny Michael and Tessio rushed out of the room and saw Tom Hagen standing at the front door, hugging his wife and smiling. Sonny, Tom, Clemenza and Tessio sat in the Godfather's office, talking. They were planning to kill Sollozzo, wondering where Luca Brasi was, thinking about what to do if the Godfather died. Michael sat by the desk, listening to the conversation, but not permitted to speak. There was a knock at the door, and Paulie Gatto came in. He was blowing his nose, and looked very ill. 'There's a man at the gate,' Paulie said, looking at Sonny. 'He's got something for you.' Sonny sent Tessio out to see what it was. Then he smiled at Paulie. 'Are you OK, Paulie?' he asked. 'Why don't you go to the kitchen and get something to drink? You look terrible.' When Paulie had gone, Sonny turned to Clemenza. 'I want you to kill him tomorrow,' he said. 'He betrayed the old man to Sollozzo. I don't want to see him again.' Clemenza hid his surprise and just nodded. To him, it was just a job. Then Tessio came into the room. He was carrying something inside a large piece of brown paper. He gave it to Sonny, and stepped back. Sonny opened the paper. Inside, there was Luca Brasi's jacket. And inside the jacket, there was a dead fish. Sonny looked up at Tessio, confused. 'What's this?' he asked. 'It's a Sicilian message,' Tessio said in his deep but strangely gentle voice. 'It means that Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.'
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