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INT. DON'S OFFICE - DAY

Hagen is alone in the office. He is drinking. He looks up at the sound of cars; the caporegimes are arriving. Then he hears footsteps.

The door opens and in a robe with slippers, Don Corleone slowly enters the room. He walks directly to his stuffed armchair and sits down. His face is stern as he looks into Hagen's eyes.

                    DON CORLEONE
            Give me a drop of anisette.

Hagen rises, and pours a glass for the old man.

                    DON CORLEONE
            My wife was weeping before she
            fell asleep, outside my window
            I saw my caporegimes to the house,
            and it is midnight. So, consigliore
            of mine, I think you should tell
            your Don what everyone knows.

                    HAGEN
               (quietly)
            I didn't tell mama anything. I was
            about to come up and wake you and
            tell you. Just now.

                    DON CORLEONE
             But you need a drink first.

                    HAGEN
            Yes.

                    DON CORLEONE
            Now you've had your drink.

Pause.

                    HAGEN
            They shot Sonny on the Causeway.
              (pause)
            He's dead.

Don Corleone blinks.  One feels that just for a second he loses all physical strength; he clasps his hands in front of him on the top of the desk and looks into Hagen's eyes.