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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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It
may
sometimes,
though
not
very
often,
occur
that
one
or
other
of
the
spectators,
suspecting
some
peculiarity
about
the
egg,
may
ask
to
be
permitted
to
examine
it.
This,
of
course,
you
cannot
permit,
while
to
refuse
would
destroy
half
the
prestige
of
the
illusion.
Fortunately,
there
is
a
way
out
of
the
difficulty
which
absolutely
enhances
the
effect
of
the
trick.
“You
would
like
to
see
the
egg,”
you
reply;
“by
all
means.
It
is
a
special
feature
of
my
entertainment
that
all
articles
used
therein
will
bear
the
strictest
examination.
Here
is
the
egg.”
During
these
few
words,
you
have
taken
up
the
sham
egg
with
the
fingers
of
your
right
hand,
taking
care,
of
course,
to
keep
the
opening
away
from
the
audience,
and
have
thence
apparently
transferred
it
to
your
left,
with
which
hand
you
offer
it
to
the
too
curious
spectator.
It
is
hardly
necessary
to
remark,
that
in
the
apparent
transfer
of
the
egg
to
the
left
hand,
you
have
really
palmed
it
in
your
right;
and
as
you
extend
the
left
hand
to
the
spectator,
you
quietly
drop
it
from
the
right
into
the
pochette
on
that
side.
The
inquirer
holds
out
his
hand
to
receive
it.
“Pray
examine
it
closely,”
you
say,
opening
your
empty
hand
over
his
own.
“What!
you
have
not
got
it?
Ah,
that
is
your
fault;
you
were
not
quick
enough.
I
always
find
that
this
experiment
makes
the
egg
excessively
volatile.”
This
unexpected
dénouement
never
fails
to
raise
a
laugh
against
the
individual
who
has
sought
to
embarrass
you,
while
the
impromptu
disappearance
of
the
egg
will
be
regarded
by
many
as
the
most
marvellous
portion
of
the
trick.
The
same
expedient
will
be
equally
available
to
prevent
the
examination,
at
an
awkward
moment,
of
other
small
articles.
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