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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
82
THE
PAIRS
RE-PAIRED.--After
performing
the
last
trick,
you
may
continue,
“As
you
have
not
yet
found
me
out,
I
will
repeat
the
experiment,
but
in
a
slightly
altered
form.
This
time
I
will
invite
you
to
think
of
two
cards
each,
and
all
present
may
join
if
they
please.”
After
giving
the
pack
to
be
shuffled,
you
deal
out
twenty
cards,
face
upwards,
but
placing
them
in
couples.
Invite
as
many
of
the
company
as
please
to
note
any
particular
couple
they
think
fit,
and
to
remember
those
two
cards.
When
they
have
done
so,
gather
up
the
cards,
picking
them
up
here
and
there
in
any
order
you
please,
taking
care,
however,
that
none
of
the
pairs
are
separated.
You
now
deal
them
out
again,
face
upwards,
in
rows
of
five,
according
to
the
following
formula:
Mutus
dedit
nomen
Cocis,
which,
being
interpreted,
signifies,
“Mutus
gave
a
name
to
the
Coci,”
a
people
as
yet
undiscovered.
On
examining
the
sentence
closely,
you
will
observe
that
it
consists
of
ten
letters
only,
m,
u,
t,
s,
d,
e,
i,
n,
o,
c,
each
twice
repeated.
This
gives
you
the
clue
to
the
arrangement
of
the
cards,
which
will
be
as
follows:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
