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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
168
On
receiving
an
answer
in
the
affirmative,
you
make
the
pass
two
cards
below
the
court
card
(which
you
know
by
the
number
at
which
it
stands),
and
forthwith
make
a
false
shuffle,
leaving
the
last
three
cards
undisturbed,
so
that
the
court
card
remains
third
from
the
bottom.
Turning
to
the
audience,
you
remark,
“I
will
now
take
the
two
bottom
cards,
whatever
they
may
happen
to
be,
and
lay
them
on
the
table.”
Then,
holding
up
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
with
the
bottom
card
towards
the
audience,
you
inquire,
“That
is
not
your
card,
sir,
I
suppose?
nor
that?”
each
time
lowering
the
cards
in
order
to
draw
away
with
the
moistened
finger
of
the
right
hand,
and
place
face
downwards
on
the
table,
the
card
just
shown.
The
second
time,
however,
you
do
not
really
draw
the
card
you
have
shown,
but
draw
back
that
card
and
take
the
one
next
to
it--viz.,
the
knave
of
hearts.
You
then,
standing
behind
your
table
and
facing
the
audience,
again
repeat
the
question,
“You
are
quite
sure,
sir,
that
neither
of
these
two
cards
is
the
card
you
thought
of?
Which
of
them
would
you
like
me
to
transform
into
your
card,
the
right
or
the
left?”
Whichever
the
answer
is,
it
may
be
taken
in
two
ways,
and
you
interpret
it
as
may
best
suit
your
purpose.
Thus,
if
you
have
placed
the
knave
of
hearts
on
your
own
right,
and
the
choice
falls
on
the
right-hand
card,
you
interpret
it
to
mean
the
one
on
your
own
right
hand.
If,
on
the
contrary,
the
person
chooses
the
card
on
the
left,
you
interpret
him
to
mean
the
card
on
his
left,
and
therefore
on
your
right;
so
that
in
either
case
you
make
the
choice
fall
on
the
knave
of
hearts.[G]
Taking
up
the
other
card,
and
holding
it,
without
apparent
design,
so
that
the
audience
can
see
what
it
is,
you
return
it
to
the
pack.
Then
say
boldly,
“This
card
upon
the
table
will
forthwith
change
to
the
card
you
thought
of.
Will
you
be
good
enough
to
name
it?”
If
he
names
the
knave
of
hearts,
you
have
nothing
to
do
but
to
turn
up,
or
request
some
other
person
to
turn
up,
the
card
on
the
table,
and
show
that
it
is
the
right
one.
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