Answer: Ausable framed the story of the balcony to counter the use of the pistol by the rival secret agent Max to threaten him. The rival would have been able to get the important report about the new missiles if Ausable had not concocted this story.

What story did Ausable fabricate?

What story did Ausable fabricate about the balcony? Answer: He told Fowler that the balcony in his room had become a nuisance for him. He told him that his room used to be the part of a large unit and through the balcony any one could come to his room as the adjoining room was empty.

What story did Ausable make about calling the police?

After Max arrived Ausable regret and he say that he would complain this that again someone entered his room from balcony.So ,when the waiter knocked the door Ausable exclaimed that such important paper needs some extra protaction so he called the police. Max jumped from the window and he died as there was no balcony.

Why did Ausable tell Max about the balcony?

The max was got feared because he didn't come through the balcony. He was cool with his intelligence, courage, and presence of mind. He entered the room with the help of a passkey. He said that he knows about the balcony early means he didn't have any fear about it.

How did the story of the balcony help Ausable escape?

After the reader finds Ausable in a tight situation, there appears to be no escape for the protagonist. The reader thinks Max will succeed in extorting the important report on missiles and outsmart Ausable; but with his presence of mind he uses the balcony to outsmart his rival successfully and emerges as a super spy.

Class-X (Footprints without feet) The Midnight Visitor Q/Ans

What story did Ausable tell Max about the balcony why did he tell him so Class 10?

What did Ausable tell him? Answer: Ausable told Fowler that Max would never return. He said so because he knew that there was not any balcony outside. He said that Max had fallen down to the ground to meet his end.

What made the story of balcony so convincing?

What made the story of the balcony so convincing? ... When he found Max waiting for him in his room, he made a story of a balcony under his window. He convinced Max about the balcony. And thus, when someone knocked at the door, Max fearing it to be the police, jumped out of the window and died.

What did Max say when he got to know about the balcony?

What did Max say when he got to know about the balcony? Max was surprised to know about that balcony because he didn't come through that balcony. He got to enter into the room with the help of a passkey. He said that if he had known about that balcony, he would have less trouble entering into the room.

What did Ausable tell Max when he heard the knock Why did he tell him so?

Ausable told Max that there may be police on the door because he had asked for the security of the important paper he is having . He said so because Max had came there for taking away the important paper which ausable was having.

What fake story was made by Ausable?

Answer: Ausable created a detailed description of how his room was part a bigger apartment and how the next room had a direct connection with a balcony. His statement that somebody else had also broken into his office through that balcony made it a convincing story.

Who actually knocked at the door of Ausable's?

Answer: A waiter was knocking at the door because he came to serve the beer which was ordered by Ausable for his visitor. In this story ''mid night visitor'' Ausable was a secret agent and he was expecting to receive an important paper that night.

What story did Ausable tell Max?

Ausable cocked-up a story. He told Max that there was a balcony just below his window. He told him that the balcony was a part of the next room. When the waiter knocked at the door, Ausable told Max that it would be the police.

What was Ausable's problem how did he solve it?

Ausable was a secret agent who handled Max cleverly. He told Max that he would complain to the hotel authorities. There was a knock and he said it is the police. Max asked Ausable to send the police back and in the meantime Max would go and wait on the balcony and this is how Ausable got rid of Max.

Who was knocking at the door how did Ausable know who it was?

Answer: Yes , Ausable knew that it was the waiter who had knocked at the door. We can say this because Ausable didn't called any police but he had ordered a drink when he returned.

Who was in Ausable's room?

Answer: Max was a secret agent who was standing in the room with a pistol in his hand. He was came to got hold of the report about some new missiles that was about to reach Ausable.

What did Ausable say Max about knocking the door?

Ausable told Max that the police had arrived when a knock was heard on the door. He said that such an important paper as the one they were waiting for should have a little extra protection and so he had asked the police to check on him to make sure everything was fine.

How did Ausable use the knock at the door in his Favour?

Answer: Ausable used 'the knock' in his favor by convincing Max that he called the police for his security in the light of the important documents that he is holding.

What was the reaction of Ausable when he saw Max in the room?

When Ausable found Max in his room waiting for the report, Ausable moved to an armchair and sat down heavily. He was displeased because this was the second time that somebody had intruded his room thrugh balcony. He decided that he would complain the management about that balcony.

What story did Ausable cook up regarding the arrival of the police how did it affect max?

He cooked up the story of the balcony below the window of his room and the arrival of the police. He outwitted and outsmarted his rival and enemy secret agent, Max, who had come to take away a very important paper concerning some new missiles. Through his presence of mind, Ausable was able to get rid of his rival, Max.

Who was Ausable a description of Max's conversation with Ausable?

Ausable was unlike the figure of a secret agent that Fowler could have read about, the latter even felt a little let down during their first encounter. Ausable was very fat and he spoke with an accent, an American accent that he had not lost in spite of his stay in Europe.

What is the character sketch of Ausable?

Answer: Ausable was a smart, intelligent man who was a secret agent. He was very fat and sloppy. He spoke in an American accent which he had brought from Boston twenty years ago. He could speak French and German but possibly he was a spy who dealt in espionage and danger.

How did Ausable convince Max that there was a balcony in his room How does his presence of mind save him and Fowler?

Answer: Ausable showed a great presence of mind when Max pointed gun at him when he entered note room with Fowler. Though his looks were not mysterious but with his presence of mind he cooked up the story of non-existent balcony. ... He had come there as Ausable had ordered drinks before coming into the room.

Who was Henry what role did he play in Ausable's plans?

What role did he play in Ausable's plans? Answer: Henry was a waiter at the French hotel where Ausable had a room. He played a vital role in helping Ausable's plan as it was Henry's knock at the door which frightened Max as he mistook it to be a policeman at the door.

What opinion do you form of Ausable after reading the story?

Question 7.

What impression do you form of Ausable as a secret agent after reading the story “The Mid night Visitor”? Answer: Ausable was a determined secret agent. He was dedicated to his work. He was agile in action even though he was a sloppy fat man.

What was the name of the servant who was actually knocking at the door of in French hotel?

Ausable was different from other secret agents because he lived in a small room in the musty corridor of a gloomy French hotel which was on the sixth and top floor.