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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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Finally,
in
answer
to
a
query
of
the
operator,
the
Sphinx
declaims
a
neatly
turned
oracle
in
verse.
This
concludes
the
exhibition,
and
the
performer
closes
the
box.
Should
the
audience
call
for
an
encore,
the
performer
addresses
them
to
the
following
or
some
similar
effect:--“Ladies
and
gentlemen,
I
am
glad
that
the
Sphinx
has
afforded
you
satisfaction,
and
I
should
be
only
too
pleased
to
be
able
to
indulge
the
desire
which
you
kindly
testify
of
seeing
it
again.
Unfortunately,
this
is
not
possible.
The
charm
by
which
I
am
enabled,
as
you
have
seen,
to
revivify
for
a
space
the
ashes
of
an
ancient
Egyptian,
who
lived
and
died
some
centuries
ago,
lasts
but
for
fifteen
minutes.
That
time
has
now
expired,
and
the
head
which
has
astonished
you
with
its
mysterious
eloquence
has
again
returned
to
its
original
dust.”
As
he
speaks
the
last
words,
he
again
opens
the
box,
and
the
head
is
found
to
have
disappeared,
leaving
in
its
place
a
handful
of
ashes.
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