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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
244
The
performer
palms
in
either
hand
a
second
florin
(No.
2),
and
advancing
to
his
audience,
borrows
from
one
of
them
a
florin,
first
marked
by
the
owner.
(This
last
we
will
call
No.
3).
He
invites
special
attention
to
the
fact
that
throughout
the
experiment
he
is
about
to
perform,
the
coin
is
never
removed
from
their
sight,
and
he
accordingly
places
it
(really
substituting,
by
one
or
other
of
the
changes,
florin
No.
2)
in
full
view
on
his
table.
He
then
goes
out
to
fetch
an
orange,
and
takes
the
opportunity
of
slipping
the
marked
florin
(No.
3)
into
the
vacant
one.
He
brings
forward
this
orange
publicly,
and
places
it
on
his
table
at
his
right
hand.
(The
other
orange
he
has
meanwhile
placed
in
his
secret
pocket
on
the
right
side,
ready
for
palming
at
a
moment’s
notice.)
He
then
says,
“I
think,
by
the
way,
it
would
be
as
well
to
have
two
oranges.
Can
any
gentleman
oblige
me
with
one?”
No
one
responding,
he
looks
about
him,
and
presently
stepping
up
to
one
of
his
audience,
pretends
to
take
from
his
hair,
hat,
or
handkerchief
this
second
orange
(which
contains,
it
will
be
remembered,
florin
No.
1),
and
places
it
on
the
left
hand
side
of
the
table.
He
now
(standing
behind
his
table)
asks
into
which
orange,
the
right
or
the
left,
he
shall
pass
the
florin.
As
the
right
of
the
audience
is
his
left,
he
is
at
liberty
to
interpret
the
answer
in
whichever
way
he
thinks
proper,
and
he
does
so
in
such
manner
as
to
designate
the
orange
containing
the
non-marked
florin,
No.
1.
Thus,
if
the
audience
say
“the
left,”
he
answers,
“On
my
left?
Very
good!”
If
they
choose
“the
right,”
he
says,
“On
your
right?
Very
good!”
Not
one
person
in
a
thousand
will
detect
the
equivoque.
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