The horse dealers daughter(Baptism)

In the story The horse dealers daughter there is a strong symbol of baptism when one of the characters named Mable slowly walks into a pond completely submerging herself and is under there for several minutes. She is then saved by the main character of the story Dr. Ferguson who he himself cannot swim and after he struggles to get her out of the pond and finally saves her she comes up out of the water symbolizing baptism. This symbolizes baptism because she comes up out of the water a new person, not literally but i think metaphorically she feels she is a better person after this expierence.