No. 2. The Glide

To execute this flourish you hold the deck between the right thumb and second finger at diagonally opposite corners. (Fig. 1). Spring the cards along the arm from the fingertips in the usual way, but with the faces outwards. (Fig. 2).

Then drop the left arm, at the same time moving it a little inward, causing the cards to slide down the arm into the left hand. This is one of the prettiest of the arm spreads.