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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
400
PASS
VII.
TO
PASS
THREE
BALLS
IN
SUCCESSION
UPWARDS
THROUGH
THE
TABLE
INTO
ONE
OF
THE
CUPS.--You
concluded
the
last
Pass
(we
will
suppose
the
reader
to
represent
for
the
time
being
the
performer)
by
lifting
two
cups
together
to
show
three
balls
beneath
the
undermost.
Holding
two
cups
in
the
left
hand,
you
turn
them
over,
mouth
upwards.
Taking
with
the
right
hand
that
which
is
now
uppermost,
you
place
it
on
the
table
in
the
ordinary
position,
still
retaining
the
other,
in
which,
unknown
to
the
spectators,
a
fourth
ball
still
remains.
You
continue,
“Ladies
and
gentlemen,
you
may
possibly
imagine
that
there
is
some
trick
or
sleight-of-hand
in
what
I
have
shown
you,
but
I
am
now
about
to
perform
an
experiment
in
which
that
solution
is
clearly
inadmissible.
I
propose
to
pass
these
three
balls,
one
after
the
other,
through
the
solid
table
into
this
empty
goblet.
Pray
watch
me
carefully.
I
take
away
one
of
the
balls”
(you
take
in
the
right
hand
one
of
the
three
on
the
table),
“and
hold
it
beneath
the
table,
thus.
My
left
hand,
as
you
will
observe,
is
perfectly
empty.
I
have
only
to
say,
‘Pass!’”
(You
palm
the
ball
in
the
right
hand,
at
the
same
time
giving
a
gentle
tap
with
one
finger
against
the
under
surface
of
the
table,
and
immediately
bring
up
the
hand,
taking
care,
of
course,
to
keep
its
outer
side
towards
the
spectators;
then
gently
shake
the
cup
which
you
hold
in
the
left
hand,
and
turn
the
ball
out
upon
the
table.)
“Here
it
is,
you
see.
Now
I
will
put
it
back
in
the
cup”
(you
pick
up
the
ball
with
the
right
hand,
and
drop
it
into
the
cup,
secretly
letting
fall
with
it
the
palmed
ball),
“and
take
another
ball.”
You
repeat
the
process,
and
show
two
balls
in
the
cup;
then
again
(each
time
dropping
in
the
palmed
ball),
and
show
three,
retaining
the
fourth
ball,
still
palmed,
in
your
right
hand.
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