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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
141
I’m
afraid
you
are
sadly
wanting
in
faith,
but
as
I
can’t
perform
the
trick,
for
the
sake
of
my
own
reputation,
until
you
are
thoroughly
convinced,
I
will
show
you
the
cards
once
more.”
This
you
do,
and
again
replace
them
on
the
pack,
but
before
doing
so,
slip
the
little
finger
of
the
left
hand
under
the
top
card
of
the
pack.
Again
take
off
the
aces
with
the
finger
and
thumb
of
the
right
hand,
carrying
with
them
at
the
same
time
this
top
card.
Then
with
a
careless
gesture
of
the
right
hand
toward
the
audience,
so
as
to
show
them
the
face
of
the
undermost
card
(the
one
you
have
just
added),
you
continue,
“I
really
can’t
imagine
what
makes
you
so
incredulous.
Here
are
the
aces”
(you
replace
the
five
cards
on
the
pack)--“I
take
them
one
by
one,
so,
and
place
them
on
the
table.
Surely
there
is
no
possibility
of
sleight-of-hand
here.
Are
you
all
satisfied
that
these
are
really
the
aces
now?”
The
audience
having
noted,
as
you
intended
them
to
do,
that
the
fifth
or
bottom
card
was
not
an
ace,
naturally
conclude
that
other
cards
have
been
by
some
means
substituted
for
the
aces,
and
when
you
ask
the
question
for
the
last
time,
you
are
met
by
a
general
shout
of
“No!”
You
say,
with
an
injured
expression,
“Really,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
if
you
are
all
such
unbelievers,
I
may
as
well
retire
at
once.
I
should
hope
that,
at
least,
you
will
have
the
grace
to
apologize
for
your
unfounded
suspicions.”
Then,
turning
to
the
person
assisting
you,
you
continue,
“Sir,
as
every
act
of
mine
appears
to
be
an
object
of
suspicion,
perhaps
you
will
kindly
show
the
company
that
those
are
the
aces,
and
replace
them
yourself
on
the
top
of
the
pack.”
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