The midnight visitor lesson summary and quiz

THE MIDNIGHT VISITOR – NOTES

“AUSABLE did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.”
👉 Ausable did not look like the secret agents Fowler had read about in books.

“Fowler felt let down”
👉 Fowler felt disappointed.

“For one thing”
👉 One reason is… (used to explain or start a point).

“You envisioned mysterious figures, drugs in the wine”
👉 You imagined strange people and secret things in drinks like in spy movies.

“Instead of having messages slipped into his hand by dark-eyed beauties”
👉 Not like in stories where pretty women give secret notes to the spy.

“You are disillusioned”
👉 You have lost your big, exciting dream and now see the truth. You are disappointed.

“But take cheer, my friend”
👉 Don’t feel sad, my friend. Be happy or hopeful.

“In that thought is drama, is there not?”
👉 That idea is exciting, right?

“Fowler had his first authentic thrill of the day”
👉 Fowler felt his first real moment of excitement that day.

“Features that suggested slightly the crafty, pointed countenance of a fox”
👉 His face looked a little like a clever fox — sharp and sneaky.

“There was about him — aside from the gun — nothing especially menacing.”
👉 Except for the gun, he did not look dangerous or scary.

“Concerning”
👉 About or related to.

“I’m going to raise the devil with the management this time, and you can bet on it”
👉 I’m going to get very angry and complain to the hotel. You can be sure of that!

“It was an ordinary window, against which now the night was pressing blackly.”
👉 It was a normal window, and the dark night was outside, looking black.

“Max said, with a rising inflection”
👉 Max asked it like a question, his voice went up at the end.

“He glanced explanatorily at Fowler.”
👉 He looked at Fowler to help him understand.

“The management promised to block it off. But they haven’t.”
👉 The hotel said they would close the balcony, but they didn’t do it.

“I wish I knew how you learned about the report, Max.”
👉 I don’t know how you found out about the report, but I want to know.

“Max bit his lip nervously.”
👉 Max was worried and he bit his lip (a common action when afraid or nervous).

“As he dropped, he screamed once, shrilly.”
👉 When he fell, he made a loud, high scream.

“Deftly uncorked the bottle”
👉 He opened the bottle quickly and skillfully.