After the meeting, when Don Corleone confides in Tom that he just realized it was Brazini all along, what was it that finally tipped him off? Was it just simply what he was saying about "letting everyone draw water from the well", or did the book give more details?
shareI always thought it was his ability to read people in a situation.
shareWhat sets Vito Corleone apart from all of the other Dons in the Five Families is his masterful perception. The meeting was to quell the bloodshed and find some semblance of truce with Don Tattaglia, but Vito was quick to sniff out Barzini's eager interjection into the matter with regards to allowing drugs and his over eagerness in agreeing to peace. Remember how Barzini was the first one at the meeting to state they all agreed to the new peace and then spoke on Vito's behalf by stating that he agreed to allow narcotics into the Mafia economy? That should have come out Tattaglia's mouth instead.
shareIt was pretty obvious Tattaglia was a pimp. He never could have outfought Santino.
shareBrazini was a mook.
shareI think Tattaglia came off as too simple minded and weak by accepting Vito's peace, kind off like Don Fanucci when he accepts Vito's deal in part II.
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