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“Va bene! I like you, you got a sense of humor As abruptly as he had grinned, the mafioso
became serious, even ugly“The five mill still holds for this Bourne-Webb character, right?”
“With a proviso
“I don’t like provisos, MrLawyer, I don’t like them at all
“We can go elsewhereYou’re not the only game in town
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“Let me explain something to you, Signor AvvocatoIn a lot of ways, we—all of we—are the
only game in townWe don’t mess with other families’ hits, you know what I mean? Our councils
have decided hits are too personal; it makes for bad blood
“Will you listen to the proviso? I don’t think you’ll be offended
“I wish you’d use another word—”
“Go ahead
“There’ll be a two-million-dollar bonus because we insist you include Webb’s wife and his
government friend ConklinPark Avenue, ManhattanNow to the rest of our business
“I want to talk about the Jew
“We’ll get to him—”
“Now
“Please don’t give orders to me,” said the attorney from one of Wall Street’s most prestigious
firms“You’re really not in a position to do that, wop
“Hey, farabutto! You don’t talk to me like that!”
“I’ll talk to you any way I likeOn the outside, and to your credit in negotiations, you’re a
very masculine, very macho fellow The lawyer calmly uncrossed and crossed his legs“But the
inside’s quite different, isn’t it? You’ve got a soft heart, or should I say hard loins, for pretty young
men
“Silenzio!” The Italian shot forward on the couch
“I have no wish to exploit the informatio