3. TO INTRODUCE A BALL UNDER ONE OF THE CUPS
Three methods of doing this follow.
With the ball in the finger palm. Seize the cup with the thumb and forefinger (of the hand that holds the ball secretly) between the two projecting moldings, mouth downwards, and lift it to show that there is nothing under it. In setting the cup down again, a moment before its front edge reaches the table release the ball, which is then covered by the cup invisibly. The move is a very easy one, but great care must be taken to make it naturally without precipitation.
With the ball in the regular palm. Grasp the cup as in the preceding move, at the same moment bending the third and fourth fingers into the palm; grip the ball between the tips of these two fingers and, at the moment when you replace the cup on the table, extend them rapidly and leave the ball under the cup.
Using either method of palming the ball. (1) Show the ball in the right hand, in the correct position for executing the palm; move the hand toward the left hand, palming the ball in transit; place the tips of the thumb and first two fingers on the palm of the left hand, held half closed. Drop the left hand slightly, as if receiving the ball, and hold it with the fingers almost closed. Place the back of the left hand on the table and take a cup in the right hand.
Put this mouth downwards on the palm of the left hand, opening the fingers in such a way that the spectators cannot see that the palm is empty. Slide the cup over the palm and the extended fingers, the nails touching the table, and onto the table as if carrying the ball along with it (Fig. 7). The move should be made slowly with the utmost simplicity and naturalness.
(2) In this case the ball is apparently deposited directly under the cup. Show the ball in the right hand and, in moving the hand toward a cup, palm it; lift the cup with the left hand just enough to allow the thumb and forefinger to be placed on the table below it, as if to deposit the ball; tilt the cup a little forward so that its front edge will reach the table first; remove the right hand and put the cup down with the left hand. Here again there must he no hurry, but an exact imitation of the real deposit of a ball under the cup.
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