"Le Baptême" is a short story by the French author Guy de Maupassant.
It was first published in the newspaper Gil Blas on 13 January 1885, before being reprised in the Monsieur Parent collection.
[1] This text should not be confused with a short story of the same name which was published in 1884.
This story begins with the following words: Allons, docteur, un peu de cognac...The story is about an old navy doctor who lives in a country house near Pont-l'Abbé.
His gardener, Kérandec, has asked the doctor to be the godfather to his son.