This question made the rounds several times here. Some people thought Michael either wasn't really sure, or was trying to justify having Carlo killed, as if he had "scruples." In the novel, the others were "astonished" that Michael even asked, when Carlo was so plainly guilty, and thought he was "not yet the man his father was."


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.