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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
506
If
the
performer
is
a
good
actor,
he
may
here
make
some
fun
by
pretending
to
believe
that
the
victim
has
concealed
the
glass,
and
pressing
him
to
return
it.
At
last
he
says,
“Well,
if
you
won’t
give
it
to
me,
I
must
find
it
for
myself,”
and
he
proceeds
to
tap
with
his
wand
the
sleeves
and
pockets
of
the
unfortunate
individual,
but
without
success,
till,
on
touching
him
between
the
shoulders,
he
pretends
to
tell
by
the
sound
that
the
glass
is
there.
“Yes,
here
it
is,”
he
remarks.
“I
am
sorry
to
be
obliged
to
ask
you
to
turn
your
back
on
the
company,
but
to
show
them
that
there
is
no
deception
on
my
part,
I
am
compelled
to
do
so.
Will
you
please
turn
round
for
one
minute.”
On
his
doing
so,
the
performer,
again
shaking
out
the
handkerchief,
and
showing
both
sides
of
it
to
prove
it
empty,
spreads
it
over
the
back
of
the
victim.
Again
he
taps
with
his
wand,
which,
striking
the
ring
through
the
handkerchief,
causes
an
unmistakeable
hard
sound
to
be
heard;
and
then
grasping
the
ring
as
before
through
the
handkerchief,
he
deliberately
raises
it
up
in
a
horizontal
position,
the
effect
being
as
if
the
glass
had
again
returned
to
the
handkerchief.
He
then
says,
“I
don’t
think
I
will
trouble
this
gentleman
again;
he
is
too
much
of
a
conjuror
himself;”
then
turning
rapidly
to
the
audience,
he
says,
“Catch,
ladies
and
gentlemen,”
and
“flicks”
the
handkerchief
quickly
towards
the
spectators,
who
duck
their
heads
in
expectation
of
a
shower.
“Pardon
me,
ladies,
I
fear
I
alarmed
you;
but
you
need
not
have
been
afraid;
I
never
miss
my
aim.
That
gentleman
has
the
glass”
(designating
anyone
he
pleases).
“May
I
trouble
you
to
step
forward
one
moment,
sir?”
On
the
person
indicated
doing
so,
the
performer
places
him
facing
the
audience,
and
under
cover
of
his
body
takes
the
second
glass
out
of
the
profonde,
and
throws
the
handkerchief
over
it,
remarking,
“Yes,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
here
it
is,
in
this
gentleman’s
tail
pocket.”
Then
taking
hold
of
the
glass
with
the
left
hand
beneath
the
handkerchief,
he
clips
with
the
first
finger
and
thumb,
through
the
handkerchief,
the
edge
of
the
india-rubber
cover,
and
thus
drawing
off
the
cover
inside
the
handkerchief,
hands
round
the
glass
and
water
for
inspection.
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