The Godfather Page #4

Discreetly, he moves her hand off of his skin.

CARLO:

(whispered)

Cut it out, Connie.

The purse, looped by a ribbon of silk around CONNIE's arm,

is fat with money.

PAULIE (O.S.)

What do you think? Twenty grand?

A little distance away, a young man, PAULIE GATTO, catches a

prosciutto sandwich thrown by a friend, without once taking

eyes from the purse.

PAULIE:

Who knows? Maybe more. Twenty,

thirty grand in small bills cash in

that silk purse. Holy Toledo, if

this was somebody else's wedding!

SONNY is sitting at the Wedding Dias, talking to LUCY

MANCINI, the Maid of Honor. Every once in a while he

glances across the courtyard, where his WIFE is talking with

some WOMEN.

He bends over and whispers something into LUCY's ear.

SANDRA and the WOMEN are in the middle of a big, ribald laugh.

WOMAN:

Is it true what they say about your

husband, Sandra?

SANDRA's hands separate with expanding width further and

further apart until she bursts into a peal of laughter.

Through her separated hands she sees the Wedding Dais.

SONNY and LUCY are gone.

INT DAY:
DON'S HALL & STAIRS (SUMMER 1945)

The empty hallway. The bathroom door opens and LUCY

surreptitiously steps out.

She looks up where SONNY is standing on the second landing,

motioning for her to come up.

She lifts her petticoats off the ground and hurries upstairs.

EXT DAY:
MALL TABLES (SUMMER 1945)

KAY and MICHAEL.

KAY:

(in a spooky low tone)

Michael, that scarey guy...Is he a

relative?

She has picked out LUCA BRASI.

MICHAEL:

No. His name is Luca Brasi. You

wouldn't like him.

KAY:

(Excited)

Who is he?

MICHAEL:

(Sizing her up)

You really want to know?

KAY:

Yes. Tell me.

MICHAEL:

You like spaghetti?

KAY:

You know I love spaghetti.

MICHAEL:

Then eat your spaghetti and I'll

tell you a Luca Brasi story.

She starts to eat her spaghetti.

She begins eating, looking at him eagerly.

MICHAEL:

Once upon a time, about fifteen

years ago some people wanted to

take over my father's olive oil

business. They had Al Capone send

some men in from Chicago to kill my

father, and they almost did.

KAY:

Al Capone!

MICHAEL:

My Father sent Luca Brasi after

them. He tied the two Capone men

hand and foot, and stuffed small

bath towels into their mouths.

Then he took an ax, and chopped one

man's feet off...

KAY:

Michael...

MICHAEL:

Then the legs at the knees...

KAY:

Michael you're trying to scare me...

MICHAEL:

Then the thighs where they joined

the torso.

KAY:

Michael, I don't want to hear

anymore...

MICHAEL:

Then Luca turned to the other man...

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