hilly 's audience was small enough , however , so he was able to charm them c adults as well as children c by nonchalantly peeling cards that had been stuck into the middle of the deck from the top , by causing rosalie skehan to find a card which she had looked at and then pushed back into the deck residing in her purse , and , of course , by making the jacks run from the burning house , which may be the best card-trick ever invented .