"The Midnight Visitor" by Robert Arthur is a thriller about Ausable, a clever secret agent. When an armed spy, Max, breaks into his hotel room demanding a secret report, Ausable tricks him. He convinces Max that there’s a balcony outside the window and that the police are at the door. Panicked, Max tries to escape through the non-existent balcony and falls to his death. The story highlights wit, intelligence, and presence of mind over brute force.