"Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read." What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

Explanation

Definitely, Ausable didn.t fit any description of a secret agent. Fowler, a young and romantic writer was rather disappointed to see such a fat and sloppy man as a secret agent. In books and films, the secret agents are exceptionally smart. They are well dressed. They move about in long and costly cars. They usually have a hat on their heads, wear black goggles. They wear long coats and gloves in their hands. They are always surrounded by .darkeyed. beauties. They shoot more often than they talk. Fowler is disappointed because he finds no such quality of a secret agent in Ausable. In English fiction, we come across such smart and sharp characters like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple.
Yes, I have watched movies featuring James Bond. Films like .Dr. No., .Goldfish., 007 with Love. which present secret agents with exceptionally sharp features and minds.