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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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We
may,
however,
here
note
a
variation
in
practice.
Some
performers,
instead
of
introducing
the
red
ball
under
the
bottle
at
the
outset
of
the
trick,
as
above
described,
make
no
attempt
to
bring
it
under
the
bottle
until
after
the
white
ball
is
supposed
to
have
been
passed
into
the
wine,
when
the
performer,
raising
the
bottle
with
the
left
hand,
transfers
it
to
the
right,
and
brings
the
ball
under
it,
retaining
it
there
with
the
little
finger
until
he
thinks
fit
to
allow
it
to
drop,
pretending
to
squeeze
the
bottom
of
the
bottle
as
if
to
force
it
out.
After
having
produced
the
red
ball,
the
performer
remarks,
“Perhaps,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
you
imagine
that
I
have
not
really
passed
the
ball
through
the
bottle,
and
that
the
effect
is,
in
reality,
produced
by
the
substitution
of
a
different
coloured
ball.
Let
me
assure
you
that
so
truly
is
the
wine
in
the
bottle,
and
nothing
else,
the
cause
of
the
change
of
colour,
that
you
will
find
on
examination
that
every
particle
of
colour
has
left
the
wine,
its
whole
virtue
having
been
absorbed
by
the
ball.
Supposing
for
a
moment
that
I
could
have
exchanged
the
ball,
you
will
hardly
imagine
that
I
could
exchange
the
liquid
in
the
bottle,
which
has
been
proved
to
be
good
old
wine.
Will
the
same
gentleman
who
tried
it
before
be
good
enough
to
taste
it
now?”
Taking
another
glass,
he
fills
it
from
the
bottle,
which
is
now
found
to
contain
nothing
but
water.
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