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.