The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: pursuing me instead of aiding in my escape across the
border."
But again Butzow shook his head.
"I have fought shoulder to shoulder with you, my friend,"
he said. "I have called you king, and after that I could
never serve the coward who sits now upon the throne of
Lutha. I have made up my mind during this long ride from
Lustadt, and I have come to the decision that I should pre-
fer to raise corn in Nebraska with you rather than serve in
the court of an ingrate."
"Well, you are an obstinate Dutchman, after all," replied
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