How does Ausable manage to create the story of the balcony under the window, and what is the primary purpose behind this brilliant fabrication?

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Ausable creates the story of the non-existent balcony under his hotel room window as a brilliant psychological tactic to outsmart Max, a rival secret agent who has broken into his room with a gun. Ausable realizes he lacks physical strength, so he uses his sharp intellect and quick thinking to const

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