Question

B) Give a character sketch of Miss Mebbin.

Answer 1

she was a gud friend of Mr .packeltide who accompanied her to the tiger shooting expedition .she was a keen observer. When Mr.packeltide shot , the bullet hit the goat n the tiger died due to a heart attack which was observed by ma.mebbin .she was also an opportunist as she blackmailed Mr.packeltide to buy her the weekend cottage adored by her otherwise she would disclose the truth to everyone which would be insulting for Mr.packeltide

Answer 2

Miss Loisa Mebbin was the so called companion of Mrs. Packletide who can be best described as opportunistic and money-minded. An accomplished penny pincher, she advised Mrs. Packletide that the thousand rupees she paid for an old tiger was too much. The author sarcastically describes her stinginess by saying she has an “elder-sister attitude towards money in general”. She also has a keen eye. Only she noticed that victim of Mrs. Packletide’s bullet was the goat which was kept as bait and her intended victim, the tiger, had in fact died of a heart attack. She used this piece of information to blackmail Mrs. Packletide and successfully extorted a week-end cottage from her.