"Is it?" "Well, it sounds so to us. We Swiss are very democratic." "I think I'm a radical." Pastor Lahmann lifted his chin and laughed softly. "You are a vairy ambitious young lady." "Yes." Pastor Lahmann laughed again. "I, too, am ambitious. I have a good Swiss ambition." Miriam smiled into the mild face. "You have a beautiful English provairb which expresses my ambition."