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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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[E]
The
different
drawers
should
be
persons
tolerably
far
apart,
as
it
is
essential
that
they
should
not
discover
that
they
have
all
drawn
the
same
card.
In
this
trick,
as
in
every
other
which
mainly
depends
upon
forcing
a
given
card,
there
is
always
the
possibility
that
some
person
may,
either
by
accident
or
from
a
malicious
desire
to
embarrass
you,
insist
upon
drawing
some
other
card.
This,
however,
must
not
discourage
you.
In
the
first
place,
when
you
have
once
thoroughly
acquired
the
knack
of
forcing,
the
victim
will,
nine
times
out
of
ten,
draw
the
card
you
desire,
even
though
doing
his
utmost
to
exercise,
as
he
supposes,
an
absolutely
free
choice;
and
the
risk
may
be
still
further
diminished
by
offering
the
cards
to
persons
whose
physiognomy
designates
them
as
likely
to
be
good-naturedly
easy
in
their
selection.
But
if
such
a
contretemps
should
occur
in
the
trick
we
have
just
described,
it
is
very
easily
met.
You
will
remember
that
the
first
card
drawn
is
not
forced,
but
freely
chosen.
It
is
well
to
make
the
most
of
this
fact,
and
for
that
purpose,
before
beginning
the
trick,
to
offer
the
cards
to
be
shuffled
by
several
persons
in
succession,
and
specially
to
draw
the
attention
of
the
audience
to
the
fact
that
you
cannot
possibly
have
any
card
in
view.
When
the
card
is
chosen,
offer
to
allow
the
drawer,
if
he
has
the
slightest
suspicion
that
you
know
what
it
is,
to
return
it,
and
take
another.
He
may
or
may
not
accept
the
offer,
but
your
evident
indifference
as
to
the
card
chosen
will
make
the
audience
the
less
likely
to
suspect
you
afterwards
of
desiring
to
put
forward
any
particular
card.
If,
notwithstanding,
a
wrong
card
is
drawn
the
second
time,
leave
it
in
the
hand
of
the
drawer,
and
at
once
offer
the
cards
to
another
person,
and
again
endeavour
to
force
the
proper
card,
a,
and
let
the
wrong
card
take
the
place
of
b
in
the
foregoing
description.
In
the
very
unlikely
event
of
a
second
wrong
card
being
drawn,
leave
that
also
for
the
moment
in
the
hands
of
the
drawer,
and
let
that
card
take
the
place
of
c
in
the
finish
of
the
trick.
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