I was kidding, but he liked the idea, so when he came home from work he maintained a cheerful silence (communicating
via sign language that he wanted a glass of wine, whereupon his silence
grew even more cheerful) and spent some
time sketching out a little liturgy involving the reading of the Gospel story, the handing -
over of a baby doll, the writing of a note, and the loosing of his tongue to proclaim the Benedictus.