Describe the incident leading to the death of Max in "The Midnight Visitor".

Answer – Ausable was a secret agent. He was living in a French hotel. His room was at the sixth and top floor of the hotel. One evening a young writer named Fowler came to meet him. When they entered the room and switched on the light, they found a man standing in the centre of the room. He had a pistol in his hand. His name was Max. He came there to grab the important report from Ausable. Ausable remained calm and pretended to be angry with the hotel management. He claimed that a balcony below his window allowed intruders to enter. When there was a sudden knock at the door, Ausable said that it might be the police. He said that he himself had called the police. Max jumped through the window to the balcony. But in reality, there was no balcony. So, Max fell down to the ground from the sixth floor and was killed.