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This sleight is very little known although it has been used for decades by the best and almost legendary characters of card conjuring. The original method wherein the break after the peek was held by the tip of the first finger is still prevalent.

1. Hold the pack in the left hand as for dealing, but with the little finger flush with the inner end, the cards being beveled to the right with as much of the face card showing as possible.

2. Holding the pack vertically, invite a spectator to glimpse a card by breaking the pack at the outer right corner and thus sighting an index; as he does this the pack will break open down the length of the right side.

3. Press the left little finger gently against the side at the inner right corner. When the spectator releases the upper packet the left little finger will hold a break which is indetectible at the outer end since you hold it closed tightly by pressure with the left thumb, Fig. 1.

4. Bring the deck before you horizontally and place the right hand over the pack as if to square it. Grasp the ends and tilt the pack to the right and upwards, placing it vertically upon the left fingers with the left thumb at the upper side, and retaining the break with the little finger. This action has a peculiarly narcotic effect upon spectators by lulling their suspicions.

5. Turn the pack down once more upon the left palm, holding it as if for dealing and still retaining the little finger break for further use.

The side slip is generally used after the peek to bring the card to the top. The performer should bide his time before executing this sleight; a minute or so after the glimpse the spectator’s perceptions are much less acute. This action is fully explained in The Side Slip, page 47.