baptism day

The lemonade and bun are delicious and Alphie the new baby is chirping away enjoying his baptism day too innocent to know his name is an affliction.

Then came the baptism day of another Brahman student, his friend, who previous to this had been seized by his relatives, shut up and starved, and then fed with poisoned food; but the poison was not strong enough to kill, and he had escaped, and was now safe and ready for baptism.

It was baptism day, and the women had all put on their best dresses, their summer muslins and turbans, making a fine show.

This is the last time I shall twist the hair    My mother’s hand wreathed, till in dust she lay:    The name, her name given on my baptism day, This is the last time I shall ever bear.

On Monday, May 4, is the baptism day of democracy, the extreme unction day of feudalism.