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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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Having
taken
the
ball
in
the
left
hand,
you
hold
it
at
the
ends
of
the
fingers
behind
the
table,
as
near
the
top
as
possible
consistently
with
its
being
out
of
sight
of
the
spectators.
Then
saying,
“Now,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
must
ask
for
your
very
closest
attention,”
you
raise
C
with
the
right
hand,
and
with
the
same
movement
lower
it
for
a
moment
behind
the
table,
and
over
the
ball
in
the
left
hand,
which
remains
in
the
cup
of
its
own
accord.
All
eyes
go
instinctively
to
the
ball
on
the
table,
whose
increased
size
is
a
new
phenomenon,
and
not
one
in
a
hundred
will,
in
this
first
moment
of
surprise,
think
of
watching
the
cup,
which
is
naturally
supposed
to
have,
for
the
moment,
concluded
its
share
of
the
trick.
You
replace
the
cup
on
the
table
lightly,
so
as
not
to
loosen
the
ball,
meanwhile
getting
ready
another
ball
in
the
left
hand,
and
repeat
the
operation
with
B.
With
A
you
make
a
slight
variation
in
your
mode
of
procedure.
Taking
a
third
ball
in
your
left
hand,
you
hold
it
as
before,
but,
as
if
through
carelessness
or
clumsiness,
allow
it
to
be
seen
for
a
moment
above
the
edge
of
the
table.
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