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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Make
a
motion
with
the
left
hand,
as
if
handing
the
coin,
and
say
to
the
owner,
“Will
you
be
good
enough
to
examine
the
florin,
and
see
that
it
is
the
same
you
marked.”
He
naturally
holds
out
his
hand
for
the
coin,
which
he
believes
to
be
in
your
left
hand,
and
which
you
pretend
to
give
him;
but
it
has
vanished.
“Well,”
you
say,
“is
it
the
same
florin?”
Looking,
probably,
rather
foolish,
he
replies
that
he
has
not
got
it.
“Not
got
it!”
you
say;
“why
I
have
just
given
it
to
you.
I
passed
it
into
your
pocket.
Look
for
yourself.”
He
forthwith
begins
to
search
his
pockets.
“You
are
trying
the
wrong
one,”
you
say;
“this
is
the
pocket.”
As
if
desiring
merely
to
assist
his
search,
you
plunge
into
any
pocket
which
he
has
not
yet
tried
your
right
hand
(in
the
palm
of
which
the
coin
was
left
after
the
pass),
and
letting
the
coin
drop
to
the
finger
ends,
take
it
out
as
if
it
were
already
in
the
pocket,
as
nine-tenths
of
the
audience
will
believe
it
to
have
been.
TO
MAKE
A
MARKED
FLORIN
AND
PENNY,
WRAPPED
IN
SEPARATE
HANDKERCHIEFS,
CHANGE
PLACES
AT
COMMAND.--Borrow
a
florin
(or
half-crown)
and
a
penny,
requesting
the
owners
to
mark
them,
that
they
may
be
sure
of
knowing
them
again.
Also
borrow
two
pocket
handkerchiefs.
It
may
be
well
to
mention,
once
for
all,
that
it
is
generally
desirable
to
borrow
from
the
audience,
when
you
can,
any
indifferent
article
used
in
a
trick
(e.g.,
a
hat,
a
watch,
or
a
handkerchief),
as
you
thereby
seem
to
give
a
guarantee
for
the
absence
of
preparation.
Articles
so
borrowed
are
taken
upon
trust,
so
to
speak,
and
by
making
a
secret
exchange
you
may
still
use
a
prepared
substitute,
which
will
escape
the
close
scrutiny
to
which
any
article
confessedly
provided
by
yourself
would
be
subjected.
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