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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
231
“That
won’t
do,
my
dear
sir,”
you
exclaim;
“you
are
not
half
quick
enough--you
allow
all
the
electric
fluid
to
escape.
We’ll
try
once
more,
and
pray
be
a
little
quicker
in
your
movements.
Oblige
me
with
the
coin
again.
Now,
then,
are
you
ready?--One!
two!!
THREE!!!”
giving
the
words
with
great
energy.
As
you
say
“three”
you
stamp
your
foot,
and
apparently
again
drop
the
florin,
but
really
drop
the
penny
instead,
by
Change
3.
He
is
sure
this
time
to
close
his
hand
very
quickly,
and,
having
no
reason
to
the
contrary,
naturally
believes
that
it
is
the
florin
which
he
holds,
your
previous
feint,
when
you
did
actually
drop
the
florin,
being
specially
designed
to
lead
him
to
that
conclusion.
You
next
request
him
to
hold
the
closed
hand
high,
that
all
may
see
it.
This
draws
the
general
attention
to
him,
and
away
from
yourself,
and
enables
you
to
place
in
your
palm
the
florin,
which
was
left,
after
the
change,
in
the
bend
of
your
right
thumb.
You
continue,
“You
did
better
that
time,
sir.
Now,
what
will
you
bet
me
that
I
cannot
take
that
two-shilling-piece
out
of
your
hand
without
your
knowing
it?”
Whether
he
admits
or
defies
your
power,
the
course
of
the
trick
is
the
same.
“Well,”
you
say
at
last,
“you
seem
so
determined
that
I
am
almost
afraid
to
take
the
whole
of
the
two-shilling
piece
away
from
you,
I
think
I
must
be
content
with
one-and-elevenpence.
Allow
me
to
touch
your
hand
with
my
wand.”
You
do
so,
and
on
opening
his
hand
he
discovers
that
the
two-shilling
piece
has
changed
into
a
penny.
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