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Mrs Packletide's Tiger

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Character Extract from the story What this tells us
about the character
Mrs. Packletide

The compelling motive for her
sudden deviation towards the
footsteps of nimrod was the fact
that Loona Bimberton had recently
been carried eleven miles in an
aeroplane by an Algerian aviator
and talked of nothing else; only
a personally procured tiger-skin
and a heavy harvest of Press
photographs could successfully
counter that sort of thing.

competitive
Mrs. Packletide

Mrs. Packletide had offered a
thousand rupees for the opportunity
of shooting a tiger without over-
much risk or exertion.

 
Mrs. Packletide

Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras
with a light heart, and her pictured
fame reached from the pages of the
Texas Weekly Snapshot to the
illustrated Monday supplement of
the Novoe Vremya.

 
Louisa Mebbin 'If it's an old tiger I think you ought
to get it cheeper. A thousand rupees
is a lot of money.
 
Louisa Mebbin Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective
elder-sister attitude towards money
in general, irrespective of nationality
or denomination.
 
Louisa Mebbin 'How amused every one would be if
they knew what really happened,'
said Louisa Mebbin a few days after
the ball.
 
Louisa Mebbin Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end
cottage, christened by her 'Les 
Fauves,' and gay in summer-time
with its garden borders of tiger-lilies
is the wonder and admiration of her
friends.
 
Loona Bimberton As for Loona Bimberton, she refused
to look at an illustrated paper for
weeks and her letter of thanks for the
gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a
model of repressed emotions.
 
Loona Bimberton there are limits beyond which
repressed emotions become
dangerous.
 

Solution
Character Extract from the summary What this tells us
about the character
Mrs. Packletide The compelling motive for her
sudden deviation towards the 
footsteps of nimrod was the fact 
that Loona Bimberton had recently
been carried eleven miles in an
aeroplane by an Algerian aviator
and talked of nothing else; only
a personally procured tiger-skin
and a heavy harvest of Press 
photographs could successfully 
counter that sort of thing.
Competitive
Mrs. Packletide Mrs. Packletide had offered a 
thousand rupees for the opportunity
of shooting a tiger without over-
much risk or exertion.
Manipulative
Mrs. Packletide Mrs. Packletide faced the cameras 
with a light heart, and her pictured
fame reached from the pages of the
Texas Weekly Snapshot to the 
illustrated Monday supplement of 
the Novoe Vremya.
Vain
Louisa Mebbin 'If it's an old tiger I think you ought
to get it cheeper. A thousand rupees
is a lot of money.
Stingy
Louisa Mebbin Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective
elder-sister attitude towards money
in general, irrespective of nationality
or denomination.
Shrewd
Louisa Mebbin 'How amused every one would be if
they knew what really happened,'
said Louisa Mebbin a few days after
the ball.
Spiteful
Louisa Mebbin Louisa Mebbin's pretty week-end 
cottage, christened by her 'Les 
Fauves,' and gay in summer-time
with its garden borders of tiger-lilies
is the wonder and admiration of her
friends.
Materialistic
Loona Bimberton As for Loona Bimberton, she refused
to look at an illustrated paper for
weeks and her letter of thanks for the
gift of a tiger-claw brooch was a
model of repressed emotions.
Jealous
Loona Bimberton there are limits beyond which
repressed emotions become
dangerous.
Spiteful