"Come, come, Mr. Lieutenant," I said, "pray don't talk so wildly."
"But I mean what I say—I am ready to become a Mohammedan for her sake."
"I can quite believe it."
"Then you will be my witness at the priest's?"
"Pardon me. 'Tis a serious matter. I honour my own religion as much as other sects honour theirs, yet I am no proselytizer. Do you wish to become a Calvinist from sincere conviction?"
At this word he leaped furiously from his seat.
"A Calvinist? Certainly not! Heaven forbid!"
"Then what do you want to be?"
"I want to be a Lutheran."
"'Tis all one."