Introduction
Spy story: unlikely agent Ausable outwits armed rival Max through quick thinking.
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Summary
Max threatens Ausable for a report. Ausable invents a non-existent balcony. Knock at door(waiter) panics Max who jumps out window. No balcony — Max falls. Brain defeats brawn.
Key Points
- •Ausable: fat but brilliant spy
- •Max: armed but outwitted
- •Invented balcony story
- •Theme: intelligence > physical threat
- •Appearance vs reality
Quick Summary
- ✓Brain defeats brawn
- ✓Quick thinking outwits an armed rival
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