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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 30 | 14 LATEST MAGIC scarcely likely, that that card may have been shuffled into the seventh place. We will see." He counts off cards from the top of the pack on to the table, faces down, not exposing any card till he comes to the seventh, which he holds up so that all may see it. "Now, Madam, is that your card? I don't want to know the name of it yet. It is not your card I did not suppose it was, for the chances were over fifty to one against it, but you never can tell!" He gathers up the cards counted off, and without disturbing their order, replaces them on the top of the pack, thereby bringing the original top card to the seventh place. "Now please observe that I do not touch these cards again till the miracle has actually happened. I will now ask you, madam, to be good enough to name your card. The knave of diamonds, you say ? That is all right. Had you taken the knave of clubs, I should have feared for the success of my experiment, for that knave always gives trouble, if he can; but the knave of diamonds is a very gentlemanly card, and I have no doubt that he will readily oblige. Now, Percy (perhaps you didn't know his name was Percy), I want you to leave the pack you are in, and place yourself sev- enth in the other pack. Go at once, like a good boy. Start at the top, and go straight down. One. two, three, four, five, six, seven! "I should think he has arrived by this time. |