Tom Hagen went to ugg boots clearanceuggs for cheapuggs outlet his law office in the city on Thursday morning. He planned to catch up on his paper work so as to have everything cleared away for the meeting with Virgil Sollozzo on Friday. A meeting of such importance that he had asked the Don for a full evening of talk to prepare for ugg boots outletNike High Heels the proposition they knew Sollozzo would offer the family business. Hagen wanted to have all little details cleared away so that he could go to that Nike High Heelsuggs on clearance preparatory meeting with an unencumbered mind.

The Don had not seemed surprised when Hagen returned from California late Tuesday uggs clearanceugg boots outlet evening and told him the results of the negotiations with Woltz. He had made Hagen go over every detail and grimaced with distaste when Hagen told about the beautiful little girl and her mother. He had uggs outletuggs outletUGG Boots Cheapmurmured "infamita," his strongest disapproval. He had asked Hagen one final question. "Does this man have real balls?"

Hagen considered exactly UGG Boots OverstockNike High Heels what the Don meant by this question. Over the years he had learned that the Don's values were so different from those of most people that his words uggs on clearancealso could have a different meaning. Did Woltz have character? Did he have a strong will? He most certainly did, but that was not what the Don was asking. Did the movie producer have the courage not to be bluffed? Did he have the willingness to suffer heavy financial loss delay on his movies would ugg boots clearanceuggs clearance mean, the scandal of his big star exposed as a user of heroin? Again the answer was yes. But again this was not what the Don meant. Finally Hagen translated the question properly in his mind. Did Jack Woltz have the balls to risk everything, to run the chance of losing all on a matter of principle, on a matter of honor; for revenge?

Hagen smiled. He did it rarely but now he could not resist jesting with the Don. "You're asking if he is a Sicilian." The Don nodded his head pleasantly, acknowledging the flattering witticism and its truth. "No," Hagen said.

That had been all. The Don had pondered the question until the next day. On Wednesday afternoon he had called Hagen to his home and given him his instructions. The instructions had consumed the rest of Hagen's working day and left him dazed with admiration. There was no question in his mind that the Don had solved the problem, that Woltz would call him this morning with the news that Johnny Fontane had the starring part in his new war movie.

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