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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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After
this
has
gone
on
for
a
little
time,
and
a
sufficient
ring
of
spectators
has
been
got
together,
the
operator
makes
use
of
some
plausible
pretext
to
look
aside
from
the
cards
for
a
moment.
While
he
does
so
one
of
the
confederates,
with
a
wink
at
the
bystanders,
slily
bends
up
one
corner
of
the
court
card,
ostensibly
as
a
means
of
recognition.
The
performer
takes
up
the
cards
without
apparently
noticing
the
trick
that
has
been
played
upon
him,
but
secretly
(that
corner
of
the
card
being
concealed
by
the
third
and
fourth
fingers
of
the
right
hand)
straightens
the
bent
corner,
and
at
the
same
moment
bends
in
like
manner
the
corresponding
corner
of
the
other
card
in
the
same
hand.
He
then
throws
down
the
cards
as
before.
The
bent
corner
is
plainly
visible,
and
the
spectators,
who
do
not
suspect
the
change
that
has
just
been
made,
are
fully
persuaded
that
the
card
so
bent,
and
no
other,
is
the
court
card.
Speculating,
as
they
imagine,
on
a
certainty,
they
are
easily
induced
to
bet
that
they
will
discover
the
court
card,
and
they
naturally
name
the
one
with
the
bent
corner.
When
the
card
is
turned,
they
find,
to
their
disgust,
that
they
have
been
duped,
and
that
the
dishonest
advantage
which
they
imagined
they
had
obtained
over
the
dealer
was
in
reality
a
device
for
their
confusion.
TO
NAIL
A
CHOSEN
CARD
TO
THE
WALL.--Procure
a
sharp
drawing
pin,
and
place
it
point
upwards
on
the
table,
mantelpiece,
or
any
other
place
where
it
will
not
attract
the
notice
of
the
spectators,
and
yet
be
so
close
to
you
that
you
can
cover
it
with
your
hand
without
exciting
suspicion.
Ask
any
person
to
draw
a
card.
When
he
returns
it
to
the
pack,
make
the
pass
to
bring
it
to
the
top,
palm
it,
and
immediately
offer
the
pack
to
be
shuffled.
While
this
is
being
done,
place
your
right
hand
carelessly
over
the
pin,
so
as
to
bring
the
centre
of
the
card
as
near
as
possible
over
it,
and
then
press
gently
on
the
card,
so
as
to
make
the
point
of
the
pin
just
penetrate
it.
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