"CitizenDoctor, " saidthe first, with his former reluctance, "askno more. If the Republic demands sacrifices from you, without doubtyou as a good patriot will be happy to make them.
But even this failure was not without honour: his reluctance to go to the country earlier had largely reflected his desire to avoid an election fought, as he saw it, along class-warfare lines.
Even without worrying about a reluctance to confront complications, would a cash-strapped York have transferred Susan to a tertiary care facility, or would they have assured a well-insured patient they could take care of her broken neck?
The housing market has begun a long, slow process of recovery, but it remains hobbled by the many people who owe more than their homes are worth, by toughened underwriting standards, and by a reluctance among private lenders to extend credit without a federal guarantee.