THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR

  1. Who was Max? Why and how did he enter Ausable’s hotel room?

Ans: – Max was secret agent who had come to Ausable’s  place to find some secret documents.

Max had come to know that Ausable had got some report concerning some new missiles. He entered Ausable’s hotel room in order to get that report. Several man and  woman had risked their lives for collecting that important report, Max threatened Ausable with a pistol demanding the report.

Max entered the room with the help of a passkey through the main door. He tried to get the report from Ausable by force.

  1. How is Ausable different from other secret agent?

Ans:- Ausable was different from other secret agents in many ways. Firstly, he was very fat. Secondly he had a small room on the top floor of a French hotel which was not at all a romantic adventure. And then his American accent, though he could speak French and German, but he always mixed his American accent with it. He even did not carry any firearms with him. There were no beautiful girls around him in that gloomy French hotel. In this way Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent.

  1. Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?

Ans:- Fowler was a young and Romantic writer.

He wished to meet Mr. Ausable in order to experience some mysterious and romantic adventures for his writing. But he was disappointed. He spent a dull evening in the music hall of a French hotel. Moreover Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent. When they reached the room on the sixth and top floor of the hotel Ausable told him that he would see a paper which was quite important and may well affect the course of history. After entering the room Ausable closed the door and switched on the light. As the light came on , Fowler saw a man with a small automatic pistol standing very close to them. That was the first authentic thrill of the day.

  1. Briefly describe how Ausable defeated Max’s scheme to take away the report?

Ans: – When Ausable and Fowler entered the room they found Max inside the room with a small pistol in his hand. He defeated Max’s scheme to take away the report with his presence of mind. He created a convincing story about the presence of a balcony through which someone can get in the room easily. He gave a description of that imaginary balcony and added that twice in a month somebody had entered his room through the balcony. Just then there was heard knocking at the door, finding this a right chance Ausable gave a false statemnent that it was police whom he called just a few moments before. Max with a view to escape from police jumped right out of the window. His idea was that he would land on the balcony but as there was no balcony at all, he just fell down.

  1. How did Ausable manage to make Max believe that there was a balcony attached to his room?

Ans: – When Ausable and Fowler entered the room they found Max inside the room with a small pistol in his hand. He defeated Max’s scheme to take away the report with his presence of mind. He created a convincing story about the presence of a balcony through which someone can get in the room easily. He gave a description of that imaginary balcony by saying that it was not his balcony and it belonged to the next apartment. He told Max that his room used to be a part of a large unit and the next room through that door used to be the living room and that had the balcony. He added that the balcony extended under his window. In this way, Ausable managed to make Max believe that there was balcony attached to his room.

  1. Describe the meeting between Ausable and Fowler.

Ans:- Fowler was a young and Romantic writer. He wished to meet Mr. Ausable in order to experience some mysterious and romantic adventures for his writing. Ausable told him that he was disappointed to see a secret agent like him. As there was no mysterious figure in the night , no pistol or drugs in the wine. . When they reached the room on the sixth and top floor of the hotel Ausable told him to take cheer as presently  he would see a secret paper . Several man and  woman had risked their lives for collecting that report which was quite important and may well affect the course of history. After entering the room Ausable closed the door behind him. As soon as he  switched on the light Fowler had his first authentic thrill of the day.

  1. Describe the meeting between Ausable and Max.

Ans: – Max was a secret agent like Ausable. When Ausable entered his room he was startled to find Max in his room with a pistol. It seemed that they had known each other . Ausable thought that Max was in Berlin. He asked Max about his surprise. Max replied that he would take the report from him and it would be  safe in his hands. Ausable raised his voice against the balcony of the room through which someone could get in the room. But Max told that he came inside with the help of a passkey.  Ausable tried to convince Max about the imaginary balcony under the window of his room. Just then there was heard knocking at the door, finding this a right chance Ausable gave a false statemnent that it was police whom he called just a few moments before. Max with a view to escape from police jumped right out of the window. Thus Max fell down from the sixth floor and never returned.

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