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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Then,
addressing
the
audience,
you
say,
“Surely,
gentlemen,
you
don’t
imagine
that,
if
I
wanted
to
place
a
ball
under
a
cup,
I
should
set
about
it
after
such
a
clumsy
fashion
as
this!”
As
you
say
this,
you
place
your
left
hand
in
your
left
pocket,
as
if
taking
a
ball
from
thence
(as
it
obviously
would
not
do
to
give
the
audience
cause
to
suspect
the
existence
of
a
secret
receptacle
behind
the
table),
and
bring
out
again
the
two
balls,
but
allow
one
only
to
be
seen,
keeping
the
other
concealed
in
the
palm.
Bringing
the
cup
over
the
hand,
you
squeeze
in
both
balls
as
far
as
you
can,
when
the
innermost
will
remain,
but
the
outermost,
not
having
sufficient
space,
will
drop
out
again
on
the
table.
The
audience,
not
knowing
that
there
are
two
balls,
believe
the
cup,
which
you
now
replace
on
the
table,
to
be
empty.
You
continue,
“No,
gentlemen;
when
I
pass
a
ball
under
a
cup,
you
may
be
sure
that
I
don’t
let
anybody
see
me
do
so.”
As
you
speak,
you
take
the
ball
on
the
table
in
your
right
hand,
and
make
the
movement
of
transferring
it
to
your
left,
really
palming
it
by
the
second
method,
and
holding
the
left
hand
closed
and
high,
as
if
containing
it,
and
keeping
your
eyes
fixed
thereon,
you
carelessly
drop
your
right
hand
till
the
finger-tips
rest
on
the
table,
when
you
are
able
to
let
fall
the
ball
upon
the
servante.
You
continue,
“I
will
now
pass
this
ball
under
either
of
the
cups
which
you
like
to
name.
Indeed,
I
will
do
more;
I
will
cause
this
ball
invisibly
to
multiply
itself
into
three,
one
of
which
shall
pass
under
each
of
the
cups.
First,
however,
let
me
show
you
that
there
is
nothing
under
the
cups
at
present.”
You
raise
each
in
turn--“Nothing
here,
nothing
here,
and
nothing
here!”
The
balls
still
adhere
to
the
sides
of
the
cups,
which,
therefore,
appear
to
be
empty,
but
you
replace
each
with
a
slight
rap
on
the
table,
and
thereby
loosen
the
ball
within
it.
“Now,
then!”
You
bring
the
two
hands
together,
and
gently
rub
them
over
each
cup
in
turn;
finally
parting
them
and
showing
that
both
are
empty,
and
then
lifting
the
cups,
show
the
three
large
balls
underneath.
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