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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
398
PASS
V.
TO
PASS
THREE
BALLS
IN
SUCCESSION
UNDER
ONE
CUP.--“So
far,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
what
I
have
shown
you
has
been
mere
child’s
play.”
He
drops
the
right
hand
carelessly
to
the
servante,
and
picks
up
two
more
balls,
one
of
which
he
holds
between
the
fingers,
and
the
other
in
the
palm.
“The
real
difficulty
only
begins
when
we
begin
to
work
with
three
balls.
Now
which
of
these
two
balls”
(taking
up
the
two
balls
from
the
table)
“is
the
largest?
This
one,
I
fancy,
has
the
advantage,
so
I
will
pinch
a
little
piece
off
to
make
a
third
ball.”
He
goes
through
the
motion
of
pinching
the
ball
with
the
fingers
of
both
hands,
at
the
same
moment
letting
fall
the
ball
in
the
palm
to
the
tips
of
the
fingers
of
the
right
hand.
“Yes,
this
will
do.
It
isn’t
quite
round,
but
that
is
easily
rectified.”
He
rolls
it
between
the
fingers.
“That
is
better.
Now
watch
me
closely,
ladies
and
gentlemen.”
He
places
the
balls
upon
the
table,
with
the
exception
of
the
fourth,
which
remains
concealed
between
the
fingers.
“You
see
that
there
is
nothing
under
either
of
the
cups.”
He
raises
all
three,
and
introduces
the
fourth
ball
under
the
middle
one
(B).
He
then
picks
up
one
of
the
balls
on
the
table,
and
apparently
transfers
it
to
his
left
hand,
really
palming
it.
“I
command
this
ball
to
pass
into
the
middle
cup.
It
has
passed,
you
see”
(raising
the
cup
with
the
right
hand,
and
in
replacing
it,
introducing
the
ball
now
palmed).
The
operation
is
repeated
in
like
manner,
until
three
balls
have
been
shown
under
the
cup,
the
fourth
finally
remaining
palmed
in
the
right
hand.
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