Baptisms
A baptismal service may be very beautiful, but also may be very grotesque. As in the matter of weddings, be prepared, Oswald, for anything.
There are large and weak-hearted ladies who may faint at the crucial moment. Go on and dunk ‘em; water will bring them back. There are those excitable souls who are prone to [...]
You may try to persuade yourself that this is an ordinary book — in order that you may find comfort in the persuasion - but you cannot do so and be fair to facts.