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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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If,
however,
you
delay
opening
the
left
hand
for
a
minute
or
two,
so
as
to
let
the
audience
get
accustomed
to
the
idea
that
the
coin
is
therein,
and
then,
before
opening
it,
touch
the
hand
mysteriously
with
your
wand,
or
even
simply,
as
you
slowly
open
the
left
hand,
rub
the
ball
of
the
wrist
with
the
second
and
third
fingers
of
the
hand
which
holds
the
coin
(see
Fig.
75),
you
not
only
give
that
hand
an
occupation
apparently
inconsistent
with
the
fact
of
anything
remaining
concealed
in
it,
but
you
suggest
to
the
audience
that
the
gesture
in
question
is
the
cause
of
the
disappearance
of
the
coin.
It
is
surprising
what
an
effect
even
such
a
trifle
as
this
has
in
misleading
the
judgment
of
a
spectator.
He
knows
perfectly
well,
in
the
abstract,
that
touching
the
closed
hand
with
the
wand,
or
rubbing
it
with
a
finger
of
the
opposite
hand,
is
not
an
adequate
cause
for
the
disappearance
of
the
coin;
but
the
fact
being
indisputable
that
the
coin
has
disappeared,
the
mind
unconsciously
accepts
the
explanation
which
is
thus
indirectly
offered.
The
advice
here
given
becomes
less
important
where,
before
the
hand
is
opened,
you
are
able
to
get
rid
of
the
object
from
that
in
which
it
originally
appeared.
Here
the
spectator
is
precluded
from
imagining
that
you
retained
it
in
the
hand
in
which
he
first
saw
it,
as
that
hand
also
is
shown
to
be
empty,
and
the
absolute
disappearance
of
the
coin
being
a
self-evident
fact,
you
may
leave
the
spectator
to
account
for
it
in
his
own
manner.
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