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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Grasping
the
figure
under
the
cloak
with
his
right
hand,
the
performer
holds
a
burlesque
conversation
with
him,
finally
entrusting
him
with
a
message
to
be
immediately
delivered
to
the
President
of
the
United
States,
the
Shah,
or
any
other
individual
at
a
distance.
The
figure
does
not
move.
“Well,
sir,
are
you
not
going?”
asks
the
performer.
The
figure
shakes
his
head
from
side
to
side,
an
effect
easily
produced
by
turning
the
body
backwards
and
forwards
under
the
cloak.
“You
won’t,
eh?
Why
not,
I
should
like
to
know?
Oh!
I
see
what
you
mean.
I
haven’t
given
you
your
travelling
expenses.”
As
he
says
the
last
words,
he
grasps
the
figure
and
cloak
from
the
outside
round
the
neck
with
the
left
hand,
and
draws
away
the
right
from
beneath
the
cloak,
secretly
carrying
with
it
the
body,
and
putting
his
hand
in
his
pocket,
as
though
in
search
of
money.
He
leaves
the
body
of
the
figure
in
his
pocket,
and
brings
out
the
hand
again
empty,
but
in
the
position
of
holding
a
coin
between
the
finger
and
thumb.
“There,
sir,”
he
says,
“there
is
a
shilling
for
you,”
making
the
gesture
of
giving
it.
“You
don’t
see
the
coin,
ladies
and
gentlemen;
but
the
fact
is,
what
I
have
just
given
him
is
fairy
money;
the
weight
of
the
ordinary
coinage
would
interfere
with
the
rapidity
of
his
flight.
Now,
sir,
make
haste;
you
have
nothing
to
wait
for
now.”
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