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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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The
performer,
leaving
the
dummy
box,
wrapped
up
as
above,
with
the
spectator,
retires
for
a
moment
in
order
to
fetch
the
salver.
This
gives
him
the
opportunity
to
take
the
articles
out
of
the
box,
to
note
what
they
are
(we
will
suppose
a
ring,
a
florin,
and
a
locket),
and
place
them
in
the
“ladle”
of
the
salver.
The
empty
box
he
places
in
one
of
his
pochettes.
He
now
brings
forward
the
glass
and
salver,
together
with
a
paper
lamp-shade
(similar
to
those
placed
over
the
lights
of
a
billiard
table),
wherewith
to
cover
the
salver
while
the
supposed
flight
of
the
objects
takes
place.
He
first
shows
that
there
is
nothing
in
his
hands,
on
the
salver,
or
in
the
glass,
and
then
places
the
latter
in
its
proper
position,
and
covers
the
whole
with
the
paper
shade.
His
assistant
holds
the
salver,
using
both
hands,
with
his
right
in
such
a
position
as
to
have
control
of
the
hooks
a
and
b.
The
performer
requests
the
person
holding
the
box
to
shake
it,
in
order
to
show
that
the
articles
are
still
there.
He
then
addresses
the
company
to
the
following
effect:--“Ladies
and
gentlemen,
allow
me
to
remind
you
of
the
position
of
affairs.
Some
articles,
unknown
to
me,
have
been
placed
by
yourselves
in
a
box.
That
box
has
not
been
in
my
possession,
even
for
a
moment,
but
has
remained
ever
since
in
the
hands
of
the
gentleman
who
is
now
holding
it.
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