-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Марио Пьюзо
-
- Крестный отец
-
- Стр. 182/319
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
This
was
due
to
racial
prejudice
and
racial
distrust
more
than
anything
else
.
But
Harlem
had
always
been
considered
a
minor
problem
,
and
its
settlement
was
expected
.
The
Five
Families
struck
in
an
unexpected
direction
.
Two
powerful
officials
in
the
garment
unions
were
killed
,
officials
who
were
members
of
the
Corleone
Family
.
Then
the
Corleone
Family
shylocks
were
barred
from
the
waterfront
piers
as
were
the
Corleone
Family
bookmakers
.
The
longshoremen
's
union
locals
had
gone
over
to
the
Five
Families
.
Corleone
bookmakers
all
over
the
city
were
threatened
to
persuade
them
to
change
their
allegiance
.
The
biggest
numbers
banker
in
Harlem
,
an
old
friend
and
ally
of
the
Corleone
Family
,
was
brutally
murdered
.
There
was
no
longer
any
option
.
Sonny
told
his
caporegimes
to
go
to
the
mattresses
.
Two
apartments
were
set
up
in
the
city
and
furnished
with
mattresses
for
the
button
men
to
sleep
on
,
a
refrigerator
for
food
,
and
guns
and
ammunition
.
Clemenza
staffed
one
apartment
and
Tessio
the
other
.
All
Family
bookmakers
were
given
bodyguard
teams
.
The
policy
bankers
in
Harlem
,
however
,
had
gone
over
to
the
enemy
and
at
the
moment
nothing
could
be
done
about
that
.
All
this
cost
the
Corleone
Family
a
great
deal
of
money
and
very
little
was
coming
in
.
As
the
next
few
months
went
by
,
other
things
became
obvious
.
The
most
important
was
that
the
Corleone
Family
had
overmatched
itself
.
There
were
reasons
for
this
.
With
the
Don
still
too
weak
to
take
a
part
,
a
great
deal
of
the
Family
's
political
strength
was
neutralized
Also
,
the
last
ten
years
of
peace
had
seriously
eroded
the
fighting
qualities
of
the
two
caporegimes
,
Clemenza
and
Tessio
.
Clemenza
was
still
a
competent
executioner
and
administrator
but
he
no
longer
had
the
energy
or
the
youthful
strength
to
lead
troops
.
Tessio
had
mellowed
with
age
and
was
not
ruthless
enough
.
Tom
Hagen
,
despite
his
abilities
,
was
simply
not
suited
to
be
a
Consigliere
in
a
time
of
war
.
His
main
fault
was
that
he
was
not
a
Sicilian
.
Sonny
Corleone
recognized
these
weaknesses
in
the
Family
's
wartime
posture
but
could
not
take
any
steps
to
remedy
them
.
He
was
not
the
Don
and
only
the
Don
could
replace
the
caporegimes
and
the
Consigliere
.
And
the
very
act
of
replacement
would
make
the
situation
more
dangerous
,
might
precipitate
some
treachery
.
At
first
,
Sonny
had
thought
of
fighting
a
holding
action
until
the
Don
could
become
well
enough
to
take
charge
,
but
with
the
defection
of
the
policy
bankers
,
the
terrorization
of
the
bookmakers
,
the
Family
position
was
becoming
precarious
.
He
decided
to
strike
back
.
But
he
decided
to
strike
right
at
the
heart
of
the
enemy
.
He
planned
the
execution
of
the
heads
of
the
five
Families
in
one
grand
tactical
maneuver
.
To
that
purpose
he
put
into
effect
an
elaborate
system
of
surveillance
of
these
leaders
.
But
after
a
week
the
enemy
chiefs
promptly
,
dived
underground
and
were
seen
no
more
in
public
.
The
Five
Families
and
the
Corleone
Empire
were
in
stalemate
.
Amerigo
Bonasera
lived
only
a
few
blocks
from
his
undertaking
establishment
on
Mulberry
Street
and
so
always
went
home
for
supper
.
Evenings
he
returned
to
his
place
of
business
,
dutifully
joining
those
mourners
paying
their
respects
to
the
dead
who
lay
in
state
in
his
somber
parlors
.
He
always
resented
the
jokes
made
about
his
profession
,
the
macabre
technical
details
which
were
so
unimportant
.
Of
course
none
of
his
friends
or
family
or
neighbors
would
make
such
jokes
.
Any
profession
was
worthy
of
respect
to
men
who
for
centuries
earned
bread
by
the
sweat
of
their
brows
.
