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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Bringing
forward
the
plate
of
eggs,
the
performer
requests
the
company
to
choose
whichever
they
please.
While
they
are
making
their
selection,
he
carefully
turns
back
his
sleeves,
showing
indirectly
that
his
hands
are
empty.
Taking
the
chosen
egg
with
the
tips
of
his
fingers,
and
showing
it
on
all
sides,
to
prove
that
there
is
no
preparation
about
it,
he
says,
“Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
you
have
seen
me
place
the
ring
which
this
lady
has
kindly
lent
me
in
‘so-and-so’”
(according
to
the
place
where
it
is
supposed
to
be).
“You
have
selected,
of
your
own
free
choice,
this
particular
egg
among
half-a-dozen
others.
I
am
about
to
command
the
ring
to
leave
the
place
where
it
now
is,
and
to
pass
into
the
very
centre
of
this
egg.
If
you
think
the
egg
is
prepared
in
any
way,
it
is
open
to
you
even
now
to
choose
another.
You
are
all
satisfied
that
the
egg
has
not
been
tampered
with?
Well,
then,
just
observe
still
that
I
have
nothing
in
my
hands.
I
have
merely
to
say,
‘One,
two,
three!
Pass!’
The
ring
is
now
in
the
egg.”
At
the
word,
“Pass,”
the
performer
taps
one
end
of
the
egg
with
his
wand,
just
hard
enough
to
crack
it
slightly.
“Dear
me,”
he
says;
“I
did
not
intend
to
hit
quite
so
hard;
but
it
is
of
no
consequence.”
Stepping
to
the
table,
he
places
the
egg,
with
the
cracked
end
downwards,
in
the
prepared
egg-cup,
using
just
sufficient
pressure
to
force
the
egg
well
down
upon
the
ring,
the
projecting
portion
of
which
is
thereby
forced
into
the
egg.
The
egg
being
already
cracked,
a
very
slight
pressure
is
sufficient.
Bringing
forward
the
egg
in
the
cup,
the
hook
already
mentioned,
and
a
table-napkin,
he
taps
the
top
of
the
egg
smartly
with
his
wand,
so
as
to
crack
it,
and,
offering
the
hook
to
the
owner
of
the
ring,
requests
her
to
see
whether
her
property
is
not
in
the
egg.
The
ring
is
immediately
fished
out,
and
being
wiped
upon
the
napkin,
is
recognized
as
that
which
was
borrowed.
The
apparatus
in
which
it
was
originally
placed
is,
on
being
examined,
found
empty.
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