The ceremony was like a High Mass, and Mr. Salamon knelt most devoutly of all, and we slowly approached the altar on our knees, and everything was alive with flowers and gold leaf and the choir sang the Missa Solemnis, and at the very climax the cameraman gave the sign, the Bambino was consecrated, and an ordinary object became a devotional article, because it was blessed by the Archbishop and now radiated supernatural power and could bestow grace.
