The Indiscreet Jewels by Denis Diderot. Short summary

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The main character is a doctor named Kodendo. One day a son was born to the ruler of the Congo, Ergebbed. The father wished to find out what fate awaited his child, so he summoned Kodendo to him.

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The main character is a doctor named Kodendo.

The latter’s great-uncle had once worked as a court cook and greatly delighted the members of the government family with his own culinary masterpieces. For this, he later received a luxurious palace, which later inherited by Kodendo.

Despite the fact that the main character was assigned to monitor the flight of birds and monitor the state of the sky, he was in no hurry to do his assigned job and felt rather relaxed.

One day the local ruler, Ergebzed, had a son. The former was anxious to find out as many details as possible about the fate of the latter.

Soon Kodendo was summoned to the palace. The doctor was not at all happy about this development, as he knew that he would not be able to say anything sensible.

After a while the protagonist admitted to Ergebze that he was not an astrologer. The ruler of the Congo was displeased, but did not punish the man.