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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
118
You
now
invite
some
one
to
cut.
When
he
has
done
so,
you
take
up
the
two
halves,
in
their
transposed
position,
in
the
left
hand,
at
the
same
time
slipping
the
little
finger
of
that
hand
between
them.
The
four
aces
are
now,
of
course,
upon
the
top
of
the
lower
packet.
You
then
announce,
“I
am
now
about
to
order
the
four
aces,
which
you
have
seen
so
well
divided,
to
come
together
again.
Would
you
like
them
to
appear
on
the
top,
at
the
bottom,
or
in
the
middle
of
the
pack?
I
should
tell
you
that
I
know
perfectly
well
beforehand
which
you
will
choose,
and
indeed
I
have
already
placed
them
at
that
particular
spot.”
If
the
answer
is,
“In
the
middle,”
you
have
only
to
withdraw
the
little
finger,
and
invite
the
company
to
examine
the
pack
to
see
that
they
are
already
so
placed.
If
the
answer
is,
“On
the
top,”
you
make
the
pass
to
bring
them
there.
To
produce
them
at
the
bottom
is
rather
more
difficult,
and
unless
you
are
pretty
confident
as
to
your
neatness
of
manipulation,
it
will
be
well
to
limit
the
choice
to
“top”
or
“middle.”
In
order
to
be
able
to
bring
the
four
aces
to
the
bottom,
you
must,
in
picking
up
the
cards
after
the
cut,
push
forward
a
little
with
the
left
thumb
the
four
top
cards
of
the
lower
packet,
and
slip
the
little
finger
below
and
the
third
finger
above
them,
so
as
to
be
able
to
make
the
pass
above
or
below
those
four
cards
as
occasion
may
require.
If
you
are
required
to
bring
those
four
cards
to
the
top,
you
must
withdraw
the
little
finger
(thereby
joining
those
cards
to
the
upper
cards
of
the
lower
packet)
and
make
the
pass
with
the
aid
of
the
third
finger
instead
of
the
fourth.
If,
on
the
contrary,
you
desire
to
produce
the
four
aces
at
the
bottom,
you
simply
withdraw
the
third
finger,
thereby
leaving
the
aces
at
the
bottom
of
the
upper
packet,
when
the
pass
will
bring
them
to
the
bottom
of
the
pack.
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