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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
153
You
now
want
to
get
rid
of
the
card
you
have
already
shown,
which
is
still
at
the
bottom.
To
effect
this
without
arousing
suspicion,
the
best
and
easiest
plan
is
to
shuffle
each
time
after
drawing
a
card,
not
disturbing
the
arranged
cards
at
the
bottom,
but
concluding
the
shuffle
by
placing
the
bottom
card,
which
is
the
one
you
desire
to
get
rid
of,
on
the
top
of
the
pack.
Thus
after
each
shuffle
you
are
enabled
to
show
a
fresh
bottom
card,
which,
however,
you
slide
back,
and
draw
the
next
card
(a
queen)
instead.
Repeat
this
four
times,
when
you
will
have
all
four
queens
on
the
table,
though
the
audience
imagine
them
to
be
the
four
cards
they
have
just
seen.
In
order
to
impress
this
more
fully
upon
them,
ask
some
one
to
repeat
the
names
of
the
four
cards.
While
the
attention
of
the
audience
is
thus
occupied,
you
secretly
exchange
the
pack
you
have
been
using
for
your
forcing
pack,
and
advancing
to
the
audience
say,
“Now
I
shall
ask
some
one
to
draw
a
card;
and
whatever
card
is
drawn,
I
will,
without
even
touching
them,
transform
the
four
cards
on
the
table
to
cards
of
the
same
value.
Thus,
if
you
draw
a
king
they
shall
all
become
kings;
if
you
draw
a
ten,
they
shall
become
tens,
and
so
on.
Now,
choose
your
card,
as
deliberately
as
you
please.”
You
spread
the
cards
before
the
drawer,
allowing
him
perfect
freedom
of
choice,
as,
of
course,
whatever
card
he
draws
must
necessarily
be
a
queen
of
diamonds.
You
ask
him
to
be
good
enough
to
say
what
the
card
he
has
drawn
is,
and
on
being
told
that
it
is
a
queen,
you
say,
“Then,
by
virtue
of
my
magic
power,
I
order
that
the
four
cards
now
on
the
table
change
to
queens.
Pray
observe
that
I
do
not
meddle
with
them
in
any
way.
I
merely
touch
each
with
my
wand,
so!
Will
some
one
kindly
step
forward,
and
bear
witness
that
the
change
has
really
taken
place.”
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