Plz give me the central idea of the mid night visitor story

Dear student,

The story shows that presence of mind and intelligence are more powerful than a gun. Ausable had cleverly found out how Max had entered the room and he created an extremely believable story about a balcony. He kept calm, and, then hearing the waiter knock, he declared it to be the police. Max, in an attempt to hide, fell down. Thus, Ausable got rid out of Max without moving a muscle..

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