The Godfather Page #5

KAY:

Michael, I love you.

MICHAEL:

...who out of sheer terror had

swallowed the bath towel in his

mouth and suffocated.

The smile on his face seems to indicate that he is telling a

tall story.

KAY:

I never know when you're telling me

the truth.

MICHAEL:

I told you you wouldn't like him.

KAY:

He's coming over here!

LUCA comes toward them to meet TOM HAGEN halfway, just near

their table.

MICHAEL:

Tom...Tom, I'd like you to meet Kay

Adams.

KAY:

(having survived LUCA)

How do you do.

MICHAEL:

My brother, Tom Hagen.

HAGEN:

Hello Kay. Your father's inside,

doing some business.

(privately)

He's been asking for you.

MICHAEL:

Thanks Tom.

HAGEN smiles and moves back to the house, LUCA ominously

following.

KAY:

If he's your brother, why does he

have a different name?

MICHAEL:

My brother Sonny found him living

in the streets when he was a kid,

so my father took him in. He's a

good lawyer.

INT DAY:
DON'S OFFICE (SUMMER 1945)

DON CORLEONE at the window. He has seen the intimacy of the

YOUNG COUPLE.

LUCA (O.S.)

Don Corleone...

THE DON turns to the stiffly formal LUCA, and he moves

forward to kiss his hand. He takes the envelope from his

jacket, holds it out, but does not release it until he makes

a formal speech.

LUCA:

(with difficulty)

Don Corleone...I am honored, and

grateful...that you invited me to

your home...on the wedding day of

your...daughter.

May their first child...be a

masculine child. I pledge my never

ending loyalty.

(he offers the envelope)

For your daughter's bridal purse.

DON CORLEONE:

Thank you, Luca, my most valued

friend.

THE DON takes it, and then LUCA's hand, which he squeezes so

tightly we might imagine it to be painful.

LUCA:

Let me leave you, Don Corleone. I

know you are busy.

He turns, almost an about-face, and leaves the study with

the same formality he entered with. DON CORLEONE breathes

more easily, and gives the thick envelope to HAGEN.

DON CORLEONE:

I'm sure it's the most generous

gift today.

HAGEN:

The Senator called--apologized for

not coming personally, but said

you'd understand. Also, some of

the Judges...they've all sent gifts.

And another call from Virgil

Sollozzo.

DON CORLEONE is not pleased.

HAGEN:

The action is narcotics. Sollozzo

has contacts in Turkey for the

poppy, in Sicily for the plants to

process down to morphine or up to

heroin. Also he has access to this

country. He's coming to us for

financial help, and some sort of

immunity from the law. For that we

get a piece of the action, I

couldn't find out how much.

Sollozzo is vouched for by the

Tattaglia family, and they may have

a piece of the action. They call

Sollozzo the Turk.

He's spent a lot of time in Turkey

and is suppose to have a Turkish

wife and kids. He's suppose to be

very quick with the knife, or was,

when he was younger. Only in

matters of business and with some

reasonable complaint. Also he has

an American wife and three children

and he is a good family man.

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