Note N — Chapter XVI · Miscellaneous Tricks. (continued 3)
Reading edition
A muff, being open at each end, is an excellent thing whence to produce any small article—e.g., a borrowed watch, a ball, etc. For this purpose the performer should take hold of one end of the muff with the hand in which is palmed the article in question, which is immediately allowed to slide gently through the muff, and is stopped by the other hand. If this is neatly done, the keenest eye cannot detect the deception.