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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
169
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The
reader
should
specially
note
this
expedient,
as
it
is
of
constant
use
in
conjuring.
It
is,
however,
quite
possible
that
the
person,
by
accident
or
design,
may
have
thought,
not
of
the
knave
of
hearts,
but
of
some
other
card,
say
the
nine
of
diamonds.
Even
in
this
case
you
need
not
be
at
a
loss,
although
the
card
on
the
table
is
a
wrong
one.
When
the
card
is
named,
you
say,
“The
nine
of
diamonds.
Quite
right!
Let
me
show
you,
in
the
first
place,
that
it
is
not
here
in
the
pack.”
Advancing
to
the
audience,
and
at
the
same
time
running
over
the
cards,
as
in
the
last
trick,
you
draw
the
nine
of
diamonds
behind
the
other
cards,
and
show
that,
apparently,
it
is
not
among
them.
On
turning
the
pack
over
it
will
be
at
the
top.
Taking
the
pack
in
the
left
hand,
and,
returning
to
your
table,
pick
up
(with
the
right
hand)
the
knave
of
hearts,
and
without
looking
at
it
yourself,
say,
“Here
it
is,
you
see,
the
nine
of
diamonds.”
Then,
with
a
careless
gesture,
and
making
a
half
turn
to
the
right
or
left
to
cover
the
movement,
“change”
the
card
by
the
third
method
(see
page
30),
taking
care
not
to
show
the
card
after
the
change.
The
audience
will
naturally
exclaim
that
the
card
you
have
just
shown
them
is
not
the
nine
of
diamonds.
You
affect
great
surprise,
and
ask,
“Indeed,
what
card
was
it
then?”
They
reply,
“The
knave
of
hearts.”
“The
knave
of
hearts;
surely
not!”
you
exclaim,
again
showing
the
card
in
your
hand,
which
is
now
found
to
be
the
nine
of
diamonds.
“Indeed,”
you
continue,
“you
could
not
possibly
have
seen
the
knave
of
hearts,
for
that
gentleman
in
the
front
row
has
had
it
in
his
pocket
all
the
evening.”
The
knave
of
hearts
was,
in
truth,
left
after
the
change
on
the
top
of
the
pack.
As
you
advance
to
the
audience,
you
palm
it,
and
are
thereby
enabled
to
find
it
without
difficulty
in
the
pocket
of
a
spectator,
or
in
any
other
place
which
you
may
choose
to
designate.
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