Ausable was a clever and intelligent secret agent. When he entered his room, he found a man with a pistol in his hand. He put up a story on the spot and narrated it with such preciseness that both Max and Fowler believed him. He did this because he wanted to deceive Max. He knew that the waiter would come to his room so when the waiter knocked at the door, he threatened Max that it were the police and that they would arrest him. Ausable had told Max that he was the second person who had entered through the balcony in that month and so he was very disappointed by the management who had yet not taken any step for it. He had so precisely talked about his room earlier being a part of the adjacent one which was why the balcony extended under his window. Without noticing that there was no such balcony, Max jumped from the floor as he was afraid of being caught. Ausable's presence of mind helped him get rid of Max.