CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Ausable was an intelligent spy. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Ausable created a convincing story about the presence of a balcony. He said that twice in a month somebody had entered his room through the balcony. On being questioned by Max about the balcony, he replied with extreme irritation that it was not his balcony.

Detailed explanation-4: -Question 1: What made the story of the balcony so convincing? Ausable showed his annoyance for the nuisance created by the balcony. He said that this was the second time that someone had got into his room through it.

Detailed explanation-5: -Actually, there was no balcony below the window of his room. Ausable cooked up a story that the balcony below his room had become a big nuisance. It was the second time that someone had got into his room through it. Actually, he wanted to confuse Max and make him jump out of the window to get rid of him.