3. USING THE PROFONDES
The idea of dropping something from a supposedly empty hat can be used to advantage in loading from the profondes (deep pockets in the coattails), if you work in evening dress. Suppose, for example, you have a load in the left coat pocket and that you have secretly introduced a lemon, obtained from your vest, into the hat. Look in the hat and remark, “Well, we have the hat empty at last”; with that turn the hat over with the right hand, dropping the left to the side. As the lemon hits the floor with a thud, seize the load with the left hand, turn your right side to the front, and bring the hat down with a sweep—covering the left hand, which inserts the load and takes hold of the hat. Without a pause stoop down and pick up the lemon, with the remark, “Now where in the world did that come from?” Put it aside, and then discover that there is something else in the hat and proceed to develop the load. Always allow a few moments to elapse between the actual loading and the discovery.
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