Quite apart from the disconcerting wail of the child, and the anxious thoughts the wailing arouses about the parents' expectations for the child's future, the surroundings are in themselves so confusing that, even if everything else were perfect, the effect would be lost. One sees the father, and that is a great mistake since it removes the myth, the enchantment; one sees - horrendo refero - the earnest choir of godparents, and one sees - simply nothing.