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To perform this trick with consummate ease, you will need something not so easy to find – the right moment. It would be all too simple to call up your friends right now and say, ‘Hey, I’ve just learnt this great new trick. You’ve got to get over here and see it.’ With mind magic, timing is everything, so judge your time wisely. Everyone needs to be relaxed and have no suspicion of any contrivance on your part. If you do go to the same place each week, you need not perform the trick as soon as you have learnt and prepared it. You may let two or three weeks pass before you decide, ‘This is the moment.’

So, now you have chosen your moment, you begin to speak to your audience and, in particular, your chosen friend.

You hand over the envelope containing your prediction, ask him not to read it yet as you need him to choose a card. Take out your cards and begin to shuffle – this is optional, and a sneaky false shuffle, which keeps your force card on top, is explained later in the book (see page 37). Lay the cards in front of him and ask him to cut them. Then place the top half of the deck to one side and sit the bottom half on top of it at right angles. Your force is now set up.

Next comes the misdirection. Until now, all the attention has been on you and the cards, but that is about to change. You ask your friend to open the envelope and read the letter out loud. The attention shifts to him for a minute or two. When you finally draw your audience’s attention back to the cards and lift off the upper section of the deck, they will have completely forgotten which half is which. They will accept without question that this was the card your helper cut to, and will be astounded when they see it matches your prediction.