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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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But
to
return
to
our
trick:
we
left
one
of
the
spectators
tightly
holding
the
suspended
ring,
covered
by
the
folds
of
the
handkerchief.
Your
next
step
is
to
request
the
audience
to
choose
at
what
particular
spot
in
the
table
the
ring
shall
pass
through
it.
When
they
have
made
the
selection,
you
place
the
tumbler
upon
the
spot
chosen,
and
request
the
person
having
charge
of
the
ring
to
hold
his
hand
immediately
over
the
glass,
around
which
you
drape
the
folds
of
the
handkerchief.
“Now,”
you
say,
“will
you
be
kind
enough,
sir,
to
drop
the
ring
in
the
glass.”
He
lets
go,
and
the
ring
falls
with
an
audible
“ting”
into
the
glass.
“Are
you
all
satisfied,”
you
ask,
“that
the
ring
is
now
in
the
glass?”
The
reply
will
generally
be
in
the
affirmative;
but,
if
any
one
is
sceptical,
you
invite
him
to
shake
the
glass,
still
covered
by
the
handkerchief,
when
the
ring
is
heard
to
rattle
within
it.
Your
next
step
is
to
borrow
a
hat,
which
you
take
in
the
hand
which
still
retains
the
genuine
ring,
holding
it
in
such
manner
that
the
tips
of
the
fingers
are
just
inside
the
hat,
the
ring
being
concealed
beneath
them.
In
this
condition
you
can
freely
exhibit
the
inside
of
the
hat,
which
is
seen
to
be
perfectly
empty.
You
now
place
the
hat
under
the
table,
mouth
upwards,
relaxing
as
you
do
so
the
pressure
of
the
fingers,
and
allowing
the
ring
to
slide
gently
down
into
the
crown.
Leaving
the
hat
under
the
table,
which
should
be
so
placed
that
the
spectators
cannot,
as
they
stand
or
sit,
see
quite
into
the
crown,
you
take
hold
of
the
extreme
edge
of
the
handkerchief,
and
saying,
“One,
two,
three!
Pass!”
jerk
it
away,
and
request
some
one
to
pick
up
the
hat,
and
return
the
borrowed
ring
to
the
owner.
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