Having dealt out the cards, ask the party in which lot the card
is.
Take up the lots successively, and place the lot containing the
card in the MIDDLE.
Deal out the cards again, and ask the party to state in which lot
the card is; and proceed as before, placing the lot containing
the card in the middle.
Deal out the cards in like manner a third time, proceeding as
before.
Then deal them out as usual, and the eleventh card will be the
one thought of, infallibly. This is the usual way of showing the
card thought of; but, as the trick may be partly discovered by
the counting, it is better to hold the cards in your hand, and
take out the eleventh card, counting to yourself, of course, from
the left hand, but pretending to be considering the guess.
This is apparently a most mysterious trick, although a necessary
consequence of the position of the lot containing the card in the
three deals.
2. The four inseparable kings.
Take four kings. Beneath the last place any two cards, which you
take care to conceal. Then show the four kings and replace the
six cards under the pack.
Then take a king and place it in the top of the pack, place one
of the TWO OTHER CARDS in the middle, and the other about the
same place, and then, turning up the pack, show that one king is
still at the bottom.
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