"There is a good view of the pulpit from the front," William told her - he'd been inside before, briefly, to look the place over. "To the left there."
He inclined his head in the direction of the pulpit as they entered the building proper, having already removed his hat. There was a font just inside the entrance, and William touched his fingers to the water, making a small sign of the cross. Some, but not all of the parishioners repeated the action as they passed.
"It is to remind us of our baptism," William explained to Hattie.