No. 6. The Turn-Over and Right Hand Catch

You spread the cards on the left arm as in No. 1, and turn them over as described. Put your right hand at the elbow and, as the last card turns over, insert your thumb under it, the hand being palm outwards. (Fig. 1).

With the left arm make a slight upward motion, and then drop it to your side sharply. At the same moment you lunge forward with your right hand and catch the whole line of cards between the thumb and the fingers. (Fig. 2).

The fact that the cards overlap one another, and that the right thumb is then below the bottom card, makes it a comparatively easy feat to gather them all. This flourish may be effectively repeated by spreading the cards on the right arm and then catching them in the left hand.