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trick; this will prevent the four spectators from mentioning the names of their cards, which would reveal the modus operandi of the trick.
    Everybody's Card 2
    This version of the preceding trick is more suitable for performance before a drawing-room audience or some other small group, where seating conditions would make the four-card presentation impractical. We shall give only the barest outline of the procedure.
    1. Spectator A takes a card, which you control to the top of the pack.
    2. Force the same card on B.
    3. Let C remove any other card. Control this to the top, above A-B's card, by means of the Hindu shuffle.
    4. Shuffle the cards, retaining C's card at the top, with A-B's card under it.
    5. Approach C, riffle the pack, and request him to stop the riffle. This done, backslip C's card to the top of the lower packet in removing the upper half. Remove C's card, and reassemble the pack with A-B's card on the top.
    6. Show C his card and ask him if you have found the proper card. He acknowledges that you have.
    7. Move towards A, top changing the card you hold for the one on top of the pack. Have A blow on this card. Ruffle it and show that it is his card.
    8. Move to B, have him blow on the card. Ruffle it and tip it up so that he can see that it is also his card.
    9. Move to C, have him blow on the card. Show it to him and he denies that it is his card.
    10. Top change the card you hold for the one at the top of the pack. Have C blow on this card. Ruffle it at the same time, then show that it is his card.

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