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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
57
I
think
you
said
your
card
was”--(say)
“the
ace
of
spades?
Change!”
As
you
say
the
words,
“lay
the
card
upon
my
hand,”
you
place
the
two
cards
for
an
instant
on
the
palm
of
the
left
hand
(see
Fig.
20),
and
draw
off
rapidly
the
top
card,
which
is
the
right
one,
leaving
the
other
palmed
in
the
left
hand,
which
then
drops
to
your
side.
The
audience
do
not
suspect
that
the
change
is
already
effected,
or
that
you
have
had
more
than
one
card
in
your
hand
throughout,
and
if
you
have
performed
the
trick
neatly,
will
be
utterly
nonplussed
when
the
transformation
is
revealed.
You
may,
if
you
please,
conclude
by
asking
what
card
the
audience
imagine
that
they
first
saw,
and,
when
told,
remarking
that
they
must
have
been
mistaken
in
their
impression,
as
that
card
has
been
in
Mr.
So-and-so’s
tail-pocket
all
the
evening,
as
you
prove
by
plunging
your
left
hand
(in
which
the
card
remains
palmed)
into
the
pocket,
and
producing
it
accordingly.
Sixth
Method.
(To
change
several
cards
at
once.)--This
sleight
is
extremely
useful
in
cases
where
you
desire,
without
the
knowledge
of
the
audience,
to
gain
possession
of
a
given
number
of
selected
cards.
Palm
in
the
left
hand,
face
downwards,
a
number
of
cards
equal
to
that
which
you
desire
to
abstract.
Take
the
cards
which
you
desire
to
gain
possession
of
between
the
second
finger
and
thumb
of
the
left
hand
(after
the
manner
of
the
single
card
in
Fig.
19).
Cover
these
cards
lengthways
with
the
right
hand,
and
palm
them
in
that
hand
(see
Fig.
21),
at
the
same
moment
seizing
crossways,
with
the
fingers
and
thumb
of
the
same
hand,
the
cards
already
palmed
in
the
left
hand
(which
to
the
eyes
of
the
spectators
will
be
the
same
they
have
just
seen),
and
throw
them
face
downwards
on
the
table.[B]
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