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latestmagicbeing00hoff.pdf | 47 | THE DETECTIVE DIE 31 which (being one of the indifferent cards) shows a different face. "The queen has gone, you see. And now to ascertain whether she has really passed to number five." The two cards standing at that number are lifted together, and again a queen of diamonds is exhib- ited. The trick can of course be repeated any number of times, but it is better not to prolong it beyond a third or fourth "move." In picking up two cards together, in order to show the undermost, they are lifted with second finger at top, thumb at bottom and the first and third fingers at the sides. Thus "framed" SO to speak, the two cards will lie squarely the one upon the other and be undistinguishable from a single card. When it is desired to lift the upper card alone, it should be nipped between the second fin- ger at top right-hand corner and thumb at bottom left-hand corner, when it will be brought away clear without difficulty. There is one contingency for which the per- former must be prepared, namely, that the throw of the die may happen to correspond with the actual position of the card drawn. Both cards of the pair are in this case alike, and the performer cannot, at the succeeding throw, show that the drawn card is no longer in its late position. This possibility is provided for by having the back of the card marked as before explained. Should the contingency in question arise, the performer, hav- |