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प्रश्न
Who was Fowler? Why did he meet Ausable?
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उत्तर
Fowler was a journalist. He was assigned to write a column about a private detective. He was disappointed on seeing a very fat man with an American accent living in a small room on the 6th ’ floor. The hotel was not even well-lit.
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