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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
129
Now,
as
your
packet
contains
seventeen
cards,
this
other”
(we
are
supposing
a
piquet
pack
to
be
used)
“should
contain
fifteen.
Let
us
see
whether
you
have
counted
right.”
The
performer
himself
audibly
counts
the
remaining
packet,
card
by
card,
on
the
table:
immediately
afterwards
taking
the
heap
in
his
left
hand,
and
squaring
the
cards
together,
thus
obtaining
the
opportunity
to
separate
and
palm
in
his
right
hand
the
three
top
cards.
He
continues,
“Fifteen
cards
here--and--how
many
did
you
say,
sir?--yes,
seventeen,
which
the
gentleman
holds,
make
thirty-two.
Quite
right.
Now
will
some
one
else
oblige
me
by
taking
charge
of
these
fifteen
cards.”
He
hands
the
cards
with
the
left
hand,
and
at
the
same
moment
drops
the
three
palmed
cards
into
the
profonde
on
the
right
side,
immediately
bringing
up
the
hand,
that
it
may
be
seen
empty.
“Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
will
show
you
a
very
curious
phenomenon,
all
the
more
astonishing
because
you
will
bear
me
witness
that,
from
the
time
the
cards
were
counted,
they
have
not
been
even
one
moment
in
my
possession,
but
have
remained
in
independent
custody.
Will
you,
sir”
(addressing
the
person
who
holds
the
second
packet),
“hold
up
the
cards
in
such
a
manner
that
I
can
touch
them
with
my
wand.
I
have
but
to
strike
the
cards
with
my
wand
once,
twice,
thrice,
and
at
each
touch
a
card
will
fly
from
the
packet
which
you
are
now
holding,
and
go
to
join
the
seventeen
cards
in
the
other
packet.
As
this
trick
is
performed
by
sheer
force
of
will,
without
the
aid
of
apparatus
or
dexterity,
I
shall
be
glad
if
you
will
all
assist
me
by
adding
the
force
of
your
will
to
mine,
which
will
greatly
lighten
my
labour.
At
each
touch
of
the
wand,
then,
please,
all
present,
mentally
to
command
a
card
to
pass
in
the
manner
I
have
mentioned.
Are
you
all
ready!
Then
we
will
make
the
experiment.
One,
two,
THREE!
Did
you
see
the
cards
pass?
I
saw
them
distinctly,
but
possibly
my
eyes
are
quicker
than
yours.
Will
each
of
the
gentlemen
who
hold
the
cards
be
good
enough
to
count
his
packet?”
This
is
done,
and
it
is
found
that
the
one
holds
twenty
cards,
and
the
other
twelve
only.
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