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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
143
So
saying,
you
take
up
the
cards,
and
run
them
rapidly
over
with
their
faces
towards
the
spectators,
taking
care,
however,
not
to
expose
either
of
the
five
at
the
top,
four
of
which
are
the
genuine
aces.
Then,
addressing
your
assistant,
you
say,
“The
company
being
at
last
satisfied,
perhaps
you
will
be
good
enough
to
place
your
hand
on
those
four
cards,
and
hold
them
as
tightly
as
possible.”
Then,
holding
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
you
take
between
the
first
finger
and
thumb
of
the
right
hand
the
top
card
of
the
pack,
being
the
only
one
left
of
the
five
you
palmed
and
placed
over
the
aces,
and
say,
“Now
I
am
going
to
take
four
indifferent
cards
one
after
the
other,
and
exchange
them
for
the
four
aces
in
this
gentleman’s
hand.
Observe
the
simplicity
of
the
process.
I
take
the
card
that
first
comes
to
hand”
(here
you
show
the
face
of
the
card
that
you
hold,
which
we
will
suppose
to
be
the
seven
of
diamonds),
“I
don’t
return
it
to
the
pack,
even
for
a
moment,
but
merely
touch
the
hand
with
it,
and
it
becomes
the
ace
of
(say)
spades”
(which
you
show
it
to
be).
At
the
words
“return
it
to
the
pack,”
you
move
the
card
with
what
is
taken
to
be
merely
an
indicative
gesture,
towards
the
pack,
and
at
the
same
instant
“change”
it
by
the
third
method
(see
page
30)
for
the
top
card
of
the
pack,
which
is
one
of
the
aces.
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