Because it was unthinkable, that was why not. But I didn t know how to explain it to her. She wouldn t have understood. She pushed the form towards me in a dismissive gesture. Perhaps you have been baptised.
Many people have.
The secretary shrugged. We ll arrange a certificate. We have done that many times. I wanted the contract, but the idea of publicly claiming to be Christian horrified me, though I m still not quite sure why. A certificate of baptism is only a piece of paper, after all.