The judge has ruled. America has ruled. Bring your daughter flowers and a box of candy when you go visit her in the hospital. That will comfort her. It is not American.
Life is full of misfortunes.
The two argue about the nature of justice versus vengeance. He lectures the undertaker about the delays and corruption of the American system. You go to the law courts and wait for months. You spend money on lawyers who know full well you are to be made a fool of. Francis Ford Coppola and Puzo understood the need to show the alternate moral universe of the mafia.