CHASUBLE.
But is there any particular infant in whom you are interested, Mr. Worthing? Your brother was, I believe, unmarried, was he not?
JACK.
Oh yes.
MISS PRISM.
[Bitterly.] People who live entirely for pleasure usually are.
JACK.
But it is not for any child, dear Doctor. I am very fond of children. No! the fact is, I would like to be christened myself, this afternoon, if you have nothing better to do.
CHASUBLE.
But surely, Mr. Worthing, you have been christened already?
JACK.
I don’t remember anything about it.
CHASUBLE.
But have you any grave doubts on the subject?
JACK.
I certainly intend to have. Of course I don’t know if the thing would bother you in any way, or if you think I am a little too old now.
CHASUBLE.
Not at all. The sprinkling, and, indeed, the immersion of adults is a perfectly canonical practice.
JACK.
Immersion!