The Two-Centimeter Demon

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The Two-Centimeter Demon

by Issac Asimov

I met George at a literrary convention a good many years ago,

and was struck by the peculiar look of innocence and candor

upon his round middle-aged face. He was the kind of person, I

decided at once, to whom you would give your wallet to hold

while you went swimming.

He recognized me from my photographs on the back of my

books and greeted me gladly, telling me how much he liked my

stories and novels which, of course, gave me a good opinion of

his intelligence and taste.

We shook hands cordially and he said, "My name is George

Bitternut."

"Bitternut," I repeated, in order to fix it in my mind. "An

unusual name."

"Danish," he said, "and very aristocratic. I am descended

from Cnut, better known as Canute, a Danish king who conquered

England in the early eleventh century. An ancestor of mine

was his son, born on the wrong side of the blanket, of course."

"Of course," I muttered, though I didn't see why that was

something that should be taken for granted.

"He was named Cnut for his father," George went on,"and

when he was presented to the king, the royal Dane said, 'By my

halidom, is this my heir?'"

"'Not quite,' siad the courtier who was dandling little Cnut,

'for he is illegitimate, the mother being the launderwoman

whom you--'

"'Ah,' said the king, 'That's better.' And Bettercnut he was

known from that moment on. Just that single name. I have in-

herited that name in the direct male line except that the vicissi-

tudes of time have changed the name to Bitternut." And his blue

eyes looked at me with a kind of hypnotic ingenuousness that

forbade doubt.

I said, "Would you join me for lunch?" sweeping my hand in

the direction of the ornate restaurant that was clearly intended

only for the fat-walleted.

George said,"Don't you think that that bistro is a bit garish

and that the lunch counter on the other side might--"

"As my guest," I added.

And George pursed his lips and said,"Now that I look at the

bistro in a better light, I see that it has a rather homelike atmo-

sphere. Yes, it will do."

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