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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
171
Taking
the
cards
in
the
right
hand,
face
downwards,
drop
them,
in
packets
of
four
or
five
cards
each,
on
the
table,
noting
particularly
where
you
place
the
last
packet
(on
the
top
of
which
is
the
chosen
card).
Ask
the
audience
in
which
of
the
heaps
they
would
like
the
chosen
card
to
appear,
and
when
they
have
made
their
choice,
pick
up
all
the
other
packets
and
place
them
in
the
left
hand,
placing
the
packet
on
which
is
the
chosen
card
at
the
top.
Divide
the
chosen
packet
into
two,
and
bid
the
audience
again
choose
between
these,
placing
the
cards
of
the
non-chosen
packet
below
the
pack
in
the
left
hand.
If
the
packet
still
remaining
will
admit
of
it,
divide
it
into
two
again,
but
endeavour
so
to
arrange
matters
that
the
packet
ultimately
chosen
shall
consist
of
two
cards
only,
concealing
however
from
the
audience
the
precise
number
of
cards
in
the
packet.
When
you
have
reached
this
stage
of
the
trick,
palm
the
drawn
card,
which
we
will
suppose
to
have
been
the
ace
of
diamonds,
and
picking
up
with
the
same
hand
the
chosen
packet,
secretly
place
that
card
on
the
top.
Place
the
three
cards
face
downwards
side
by
side,
the
ace
of
diamonds
in
the
middle,
and
ask
the
audience
which
of
the
three
they
desire
to
become
the
card
originally
drawn.
If
they
choose
the
middle
card,
the
trick
is
already
done,
and
after
asking
the
person
to
name
his
card,
and
showing
that
neither
of
the
two
outside
ones
is
the
card
in
question,
you
turn
up
the
ace
of
diamonds.
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