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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
161
Should
he
notwithstanding,
by
accident
or
finesse,
draw
out
a
card
from
the
middle
of
the
pack,
the
performer
at
once
says,
“Oh,
you
were
not
half
quick
enough!
You
must
pull
out
the
card
as
quick
as
thought,
or
the
magic
influence
will
go
off.
Allow
me!”
then
pulling
out
the
outer
card
himself,
he
shows
that
it
is
the
right
one.
When
three
cards
have
been
thus
produced,
he
himself
plunges
his
hand
into
the
pocket,
and
takes
out
the
whole
pack,
with
the
exception
of
the
then
top
card,
which
is
the
fourth
of
the
cards
drawn;
then,
pretending
to
recollect
himself,
he
says,
“Stay;
we
had
four
cards
drawn.
Will
you
say
what
your
card
was,
madam?”
We
have
supposed
that
it
was
the
ten
of
spades.
He
hands
the
pack
to
the
person
assisting
him,
saying,
“Will
you
find
the
ten
of
spades,
and
return
it
to
the
lady?”
Being
in
his
pocket,
of
course
it
cannot
be
found
in
the
pack,
and
on
blowing
into
the
pocket
it
is
naturally
discovered
there.
The
performer
meanwhile
has
palmed
about
a
third
of
the
pack,
which
he
introduces
into
the
pocket
at
the
same
moment
that
he
places
his
hand
therein
to
take
out
the
supposed
superfluous
cards.
From
this
stage
to
the
close
the
trick
is
merely
a
repetition
of
that
already
given
under
the
title
of
the
“Shower
of
Aces”
(see
page
97),
to
which
the
reader
is
referred.
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