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Midnight Visitor

The document discusses a narrative involving two secret agents, Max and Ausable. Max enters Ausable's room demanding a secret report about missiles, but Ausable cleverly uses his wits to outsmart Max, leading to Max's downfall. Fowler, a character in the story, feels disappointed upon meeting Ausable, as he expected a more typical secret agent appearance.

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Midnight Visitor

The document discusses a narrative involving two secret agents, Max and Ausable. Max enters Ausable's room demanding a secret report about missiles, but Ausable cleverly uses his wits to outsmart Max, leading to Max's downfall. Fowler, a character in the story, feels disappointed upon meeting Ausable, as he expected a more typical secret agent appearance.

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The Midnight Visitor

I. Extract
Max was slender, a little less than tall, with features that suggested slightly the
crafty, pointed countenance of a fox. There was about him aside from the gun –
nothing especially menacing. “The report,” he murmured.”

1. Who was Max?


Ans:. Max was another secret agent.

2. Why had he come to Ausable’s room?


Ans: He had come to Ausable’s room demanding a secret report from him.

3. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘cunning’?


Ans: ‘crafty’.

II. SA
1. How and why did Max come inside Ausable's room?

Max had come into the room using a pass-key. He had come to get the secret report
about some new missiles which, he was sure, was with Ausable.

2. Why did Fowler feel let down when he met Ausable?

Fowler felt let down and disappointed when he met Ausable. He had a different
picture of a secret agent in his mind. He thought they looked very mysterious but
he found Ausable a very fat and boring man.

III. LA
1. Ausable was a successful secret agent. What qualities can be attributed to
him? Give some examples.

Ausable didn't look like a usual secret agent. Ausable was very fat. He appeared to
be a slow and sluggish person. But he had a very sharp brain. It was through his
presence of mind and intelligence that he got rid of Max easily. When Max heard
a knock at the door, Ausable told him that it was the police whom he had called for
the extra protection of the papers. Max wanted him to send them off quickly till he
waited on the balcony.
Ausable had ordered for drinks and it was the waiter who had knocked the door.
Max jumped from the window thinking he would land up on the balcony but he fell
on the ground from the sixth floor. Ausable's presence of mind was his greatest
asset and he used this asset to get rid of Max.

Extract
Max was slender, a little less than tall, with features that suggested slightly the
crafty, pointed countenance of a fox. There was about him aside from the gun –
nothing especially menacing.
“The report,” he murmured.”

1. Who was Max?


Ans:. Max was another secret agent.

2. Why had he come to Ausable’s room?


Ans: He had come to Ausable’s room demanding a secret report from him.

3. Which word in the passage means the same as ‘cunning’?


Ans: ‘crafty’.
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