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Chapter 3: The Midnight Visitor
📖 Story
Class 10
✍️ Robert Arthur
NCERT First Flight
📖 Chapter Summary
This is a spy story. Ausable is a fat, unromantic secret agent. A young writer named Fowler visits him and is disappointed because Ausable doesn't look like a typical spy. However, Ausable outsmarts a rival agent named Max who comes to steal an important report. Ausable makes up a story about a balcony outside his window, and Max hides on it thinking police are coming. Max falls to his death, and Ausable proves he is a brilliant spy.
📖 NCERT Chapter — First Flight
✅ NCERT Exercise Solutions
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Read and Find Out
4 Q
Q1.
Who was Ausable?
Ans: A secret agent. He was fat, unromantic, and lived in a French hotel.
Q2.
Why was Fowler disappointed?
Ans: Because Ausable did not look or act like a typical secret agent.
Q3.
Who was Max?
Ans: A rival secret agent who wanted to steal a report from Ausable.
Q4.
How did Ausable get rid of Max?
Ans: He made up a story about a balcony outside the window. Max hid there and fell to his death.
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Thinking about the Text
2 Q
Q1.
What kind of person is Ausable?
Ans: He is clever, witty, quick-thinking, and full of presence of mind.
Q2.
What is the twist in the story?
Ans: The balcony Ausable mentions does not exist. It was his clever trick.
❓ Important Questions
Q1. How did Ausable outsmart Max?
He invented a story about a balcony, making Max nervous. When the 'police' were mentioned, Max climbed out and fell to his death.
Q2. What did Fowler learn about Ausable?
That Ausable was a brilliant spy, not just a fat, dull man.
📄 Previous Year Questions (PYQ)
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Q1. How did Ausable get rid of Max?
He made up a story about a balcony and made Max believe the police were coming.
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Q2. Why did Fowler change his opinion about Ausable?
Because Ausable outsmarted Max using his wit and presence of mind.
2022
Q3. What is the theme of 'The Midnight Visitor'?
Presence of mind is more important than physical appearance.
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Ausable was a fat, unromantic secret agent.
ऑसेबल एक मोटा, अरोमांटिक गुप्त एजेंट था।
A young writer Fowler visited him.
एक युवा लेखक फाउलर उससे मिलने आया।
Fowler was disappointed because Ausable didn't look like a spy.
फाउलर निराश हुआ क्योंकि ऑसेबल जासूस जैसा नहीं दिखता था।
A rival agent Max came to steal a report.
प्रतिद्वंद्वी एजेंट मैक्स एक रिपोर्ट चुराने आया।
Ausable tricked Max with a fake balcony story.
ऑसेबल ने नकली बालकनी की कहानी से मैक्स को धोखा दिया।
Max fell to his death, and Ausable proved he was a genius.
मैक्स गिरकर मर गया, और ऑसेबल ने साबित किया कि वह प्रतिभाशाली है।