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This fast and very deceptive pass is so named because its best use is with a card jogged at the inner end of the deck.

1. Hold the pack vertically in the left hand, the thumb at the middle of the upper side, the forefinger curled at the middle of the face card, the second, third and middle fingers being at the inner end of the lower side. A card is jogged at the inner end.

2. Place the right hand over the deck·and take it between the first and second fingers at the upper outer corner and the thumb at the upper inner corner, making a break with the thumb above the jogged card.

3. Remove the left hand, making a casual gesture, and turn. the body half left; place the pack in the left hand, grasping it by the ends between the second and third fingers at the lower outer corner and the thumb at the lower inner corner, retaining the break, the forefinger and the, little finger free, Fig. 1. Make a gesture with the right hand.

4. Bring the right hand over the pack and grasp the lower packet at the top corners between the thumb and second and third fingers, Fig. 1.

5. Draw the upper packet downwards a quarter of an inch with the left thumb and second and third fingers and press inwards with the tip of the right second finger, causing the packets to pivot in opposite directions and forming a V lying on its side, the apex of the V being towards the right, Fig. 2.

6. The moment the edges of the packets clear one another, pull the left hand packet inwards with the tip of the left second finger and let the two packets slide together in a vertical position, Fig. 3. Square the pack with the right hand.

The action transposes the two packets with a minimum of clearance. It is noiseless and very fast; the back of the right hand must be kept towards the audience, concealing the pack.