2. SPRINGING THE CARDS
The effect of this flourish is that the cards are apparently drawn out in the air, between the hands, concertina fashion. Take the pack in the right hand between the thumb at the lower end and the second and third fingers at the upper end, holding it a few inches away from the left hand. Squeeze the pack between the thumb and fingers, making the face concave; then allow the cards to slip away in succession into the left hand (Fig. 27).
When this action becomes familiar, practice moving the right hand slowly away as the cards escape from it and, as the last card leaves the right hand, bring the left hand up to the right, rapidly gathering all the cards between the hands with a loud slap. Finally, practice doing the same thing swinging the body and the hands from right to left and upwards. This action creates an optical illusion, the cards appearing to cover an arc of some eighteen inches or more.
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