"There's certain things I could have done more of," Ross said, with a wave of his hand meant to encompass it. "If Crouch won't take us backwards — and if he's movable on some items — then I think he'd do a fine job." Aldous Crouch was no Balthazar Urquart — but he also wasn't from one of the wealthy families whose grip on power Ross had tried to shake.

"What're your thoughts on the others? Whitledge, Wright?"