NCERT MCQ Solutions for Class 10 English Supplementary Chapter 3 The Midnight Visitor

Ausable is described as a secret agent in the story. Despite his unassuming appearance, he is deeply involved in espionage and danger. The narrative focuses on his clever handling of a critical situation involving a secret report.

Fowler is a young and romantic writer. He visits Ausable to experience excitement and adventure, expecting to witness the dramatic life of a secret agent, but finds something very different from what he imagined.

Ausable’s hotel room is on the sixth and top floor. This detail becomes important when Ausable tricks Max regarding the nonexistent balcony outside his window.

Fowler feels let down because Ausable does not match his idea of a secret agent. The setting and Ausable’s appearance fail to provide the romantic adventure Fowler expected, leaving him disillusioned at first.

Although Ausable can speak French and German passably, he never lost the American accent he brought to Paris from Boston. This distinct accent is mentioned as part of his character description.

Fowler’s first real moment of excitement occurs when he sees Max standing in Ausable’s room with a small automatic pistol. This sudden danger brings the adventure Fowler was hoping to witness.

Max is a rival secret agent who enters Ausable’s room with a gun, intent on stealing an important report related to new missiles. His presence introduces immediate danger and tension.

Max reveals that he entered the room using a passkey. He did not know about the supposed balcony Ausable invents as part of his deception.

Max demands the secret report about new missiles, believing it would be safer in his own hands than with Ausable. The report is said to be very important, with people risking their lives for it.

Ausable invents a story about a balcony outside his window and convinces Max to escape onto it when someone knocks, making Max fall for the trick since there is actually no balcony.

The knock at the door is not from the police but from Henry, the waiter, bringing a drink Ausable had ordered. Ausable uses this interruption to further mislead Max.

Ausable tells Max that the knocking is from the police, who are there to provide extra protection for the important report. This lie increases Max’s anxiety and prompts his escape attempt.

Believing Ausable’s story about the police and the balcony, Max tries to escape through the window, not knowing there is no balcony and ends up in a dangerous situation.

As Max tries to drop onto the non-existent balcony, he screams, indicating he has fallen. Ausable’s trick works perfectly, removing the threat without violence or real police involvement.

Henry, the hotel waiter, brings in a tray with a bottle and two glasses. This ordinary room service visit is cleverly used by Ausable to reinforce his story about police protection.

Fowler learns from Ausable that there were no police and the whole story was an invention. Ausable used his presence of mind to outsmart Max, relying on cleverness rather than force.

The report discussed in the story contained information about new missiles, making it highly valuable and dangerous, as several people risked their lives for it. It is the main target for Max’s intrusion.

The critical events all unfold in Ausable’s small hotel room on the sixth floor, a seemingly dull and unlikely place for such high-stakes espionage and adventure.

Ausable demonstrates remarkable presence of mind and quick thinking by inventing the balcony story and using the waiter’s knock to make Max believe the police have arrived, turning the situation in his favor.

Ausable’s actions show that reality can be shaped through clever use of language and quick wits. He creates a believable false scenario that changes the course of events, challenging preconceived notions of secret agents.