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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
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Professor Hoffmann
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If
you
are
tolerably
expert
in
sleight-of-hand
you
may
repeat
the
trick
in
a
yet
more
striking
manner.
Proceed
as
before
up
to
the
moment
when
the
word
“stop”
is
pronounced.
Having
let
fall
as
before
all
the
cards
below
the
long
card,
lay
down
the
remainder
of
the
pack,
and
take
in
the
left
hand
the
heap
which
you
last
dealt.
Cover
it
with
the
right
hand
for
an
instant,
and,
sliding
away
the
hand
gently
to
the
right,
palm
the
top
card,
and
immediately
take
by
one
corner
the
next
card,
holding
it
face
downwards
until
the
drawer
has
named
his
card,
which
was,
we
will
suppose,
the
queen
of
hearts.
As
soon
as
the
card
is
named,
you
turn
towards
the
audience
the
face
of
the
card
you
hold,
saying,
“Here
is
the
card,
as
before.”
Do
not
look
at
it
yourself,
but
at
once
replace
it
on
the
pack,
and,
covering
the
pack
with
the
right
hand,
leave
the
palmed
card
upon
it.
You
are
by
this
time
made
aware
by
a
murmur,
if
not
by
a
more
decided
manifestation
on
the
part
of
the
audience,
that
something
is
wrong.
You
ask
what
is
the
matter,
and
are
told
that,
so
far
from
showing
the
queen
of
hearts,
the
card
you
produced
was
a
totally
different
one,
say,
the
seven
of
spades.
You
pretend
to
look
embarrassed,
and
ask
if
they
are
quite
sure.
“It
is
very
strange,”
you
remark,
“I
never
failed
in
this
trick
before.
Will
you
allow
me
to
try
again?”
Then,
appearing
to
recollect
yourself,
“Oh,
of
course!”
you
exclaim,
“I
forgot
to
touch
the
card
with
the
magic
wand.”
You
do
so.
“Will
some
one
be
kind
enough
to
look
at
the
card
now?”
The
card
is
examined,
and
proves
to
be,
as
it
ought
to
have
been
originally,
the
queen
of
hearts.
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