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The Hinge Change
You hold the pack in the left hand with the first finger doubled back,
the nail resting on the back of the
rear card. (Fig. 1).
Bring the right hand up to the pack
and take it between the tips of the
thumb and first fingers, at its
lower corners.
Pull back the lower side of the rear
card with the tip of the left second
finger, so that the card is gripped
between the tips of the first and
second fingers. (Fig. 2).
Pull this card down by moving the
left fingers backward slightly,
until it just clears the pack atits
lower side and at the right angles
to it.
The outer side of the card is thus
brought to a point near the tips of
the right second and third fingers.
Push its top outer corner between
these two fingers at their top
joints, far enough to hold it
securely but not allowing
it to
protrude at the back of the hand.
(Fig. 3 and 4).
Show your left hand empty and
replace the pack in it, pushing it
well into the fork of the thumb, and
extending the left fingers flat in
front of it.
With your right forefinger,
extended, point to the face card,
bending the second and third fingers
a little inward, the back of the
hand affording complete cover for
the clipped card, which lies out
horizontally from the hand.
Bring the right hand in front of the
pack, laying the clipped card on the
outstretched fingers of the left;
the right fingers have, of course,
been kept close together up to this
point.
Place the right middle finger
against the outer side of the
concealed card and then open the
fingers widely, thus allowing the
face card of the pack to be seen
through the separated fingers. |
