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THE SECOND GUEST - E-BOOK

"I designed The Second Guest to be a practical, direct method of divining of a spectator's completely free selection from a genuinely shuffled, completely un-gimmicked deck of cards that could be performed virtually anywhere with no prior set up. To that extent, I think I succeeded."
- David Forrest (from the introduction of this manuscript)

Effect

A deck of cards is removed from its case and handed to the spectator for shuffling. It is a genuine, unmarked deck - not gimmicked in any way. The spectator shuffles the cards until he is satisfied and then holds on to them - the performer doesn't touch them again. Drawing attention to the card case, the performer fairly shows it on all sides pointing out that there are clearly no slits or holes to be found anywhere. You turn your back and instruct the spectator to spread the cards face down, push any card from the spread and without looking at it,