Both he and the Empress always confessed to feeling very nervous on these occasions, for fear that the Princess might slip, or that Father Yanishev, who was very old, might drop the baby in the font.
Tanto el como a Emperatriz sempre confesaron sentirse moi nerviosos nestas ocasións, por temor a que a princesa caera, ou que o Pai Ianishev, que era moi vello, podería deixar ao bebé no fondo.