In the novel, in the scene where the "boiler inspectors" try to shake down Vito, he tells Sonny to handle it. It was a kind of test for Sonny because Vito was "considering making Sonny his underboss."
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.