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This method is much the same as that of the one-hand top palm of a single card; the action is so subtle that it is impossible for an expert even to detect whether or not cards have been palmed.

1. Hold the pack in the left hand as for dealing, but with the thumb lying flat along its left side, the fleshy ball pressing against the corner and thus forcing a fold of flesh upon the top of the pack. The tip of the little finger holds a break under the cards to be palmed.

2. Place the right hand over the deck as if to square it, the fingers at the outer end, the thumb at the inner end.

3. Move the tip of the little finger, which presses against the face of the lowest card of the packet, upwards and to the right about half an inch, carrying the packet with it and causing it to pivot against the ball of the left thumb at the outer left corner, diagonally opposite. This action raises the inner ends of the cards to be palmed and places them diagonally across the remainder of the pack, Fig. 1.

4. Place the right thumb at B, pressing it against the pack proper, and press downwards at A with the tip of the right little finger, levering the packet up into the right palm.

5. The instant the cards are secured in the palm, run the fingers and thumb along the ends of the remaining cards, squaring them. Then seize the pack between the tips of the first finger and thumb at the outer right corners and hold it thus for a few moments before placing it on the table or disposing of it as may be necessary for the trick in hand. Be careful not to raise the right thumb at the moment the palm is made, a common fault in palming cards.