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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
402
PASS
IX.
TO
MAKE
THREE
BALLS
IN
SUCCESSION
PASS
UNDER
THE
MIDDLE
CUP.--At
the
conclusion
of
the
last
Pass,
three
balls
were
left
in
view,
while
a
fourth,
unknown
to
the
audience,
was
hidden
under
the
middle
cup.
You
proceed,
picking
up
a
ball
with
the
right
hand,
“I
take
this
ball,
and
place
it
under
this
cup”
(C);
(in
reality
palming
it).
“I
now
order
it
to
pass
under
the
middle
cup.
Presto!
Here
it
is,
you
see.”
You
raise
the
middle
cup
to
show
that
the
ball
has
obeyed
your
command,
and,
in
again
covering
the
ball,
secretly
introduce
with
it
that
which
you
have
just
palmed.
“I
take
this
one”
(you
pick
up
another),
“and
place
it
under
this
cup”
(A)--here
you
palm
it
as
before--“and
order
it
also
to
pass
under
the
middle
cup.”
You
raise
the
middle
cup,
and
show
that
there
are
now
two
balls
under
it,
and,
in
again
covering
them,
introduce
the
ball
which
you
last
palmed.
“I
take
this
last
ball,
and
place
it
under
this
cup”
(C)--palming
it--“whence
I
shall
command
it
to
again
depart,
and
join
its
companions
under
the
middle
cup.
This
time
it
shall
make
the
journey
visibly.”
You
take
your
wand
in
the
left
hand,
and
with
it
touch
the
cup
C.
“Here
it
is,
you
see,
on
the
end
of
my
wand.
You
don’t
see
it?
Why,
surely
it
is
visible
enough.
Look.”
You
pretend
to
produce
the
palmed
ball
from
the
wand,
and
exhibit
it
to
the
company.
“You
can
all
see
it
now.”
You
lay
down
the
wand,
and
go
through
the
motion
of
transferring
the
ball
to
the
left
hand,
really
palming
it
in
its
passage.
“Now,
then,
pray
watch
me
closely,
and
you
will
see
it
pass
under
the
cup.
One,
two,
three!”
You
make
the
gesture
of
throwing
it
through
the
middle
cup,
and
open
the
hand
to
show
it
empty,
immediately
turning
over
the
goblets
to
show
that
there
are
three
balls
under
the
middle
and
none
under
the
outer
ones.
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