Question

Francs and centimes clung to her instinctively under circumstances which would have driven them headlong from less sympathetic hands. a) Explain the context. b) What is 'less sympathetic hands' referred to ?

Answer 1

These lines from 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki describe Miss Mebbin's protective elderly attitude towards money. She was so greedy about money that she lever let any opportunity of grabbing money slip by. Here the less sympathetic hands refer to the hands of those friends and relatives who were liberal in spending money in tips, etc. She would not let them spend a centime extra.  

Answer 2

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS-

(a)These lines from 'Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki describe Miss Mebbin's protective elderly attitude towards money. She was so greedy about money that she lever let any opportunity of grabbing money slip by.

(b) Here the less sympathetic hands refer to the hands of those friends and relatives who were liberal in spending money in tips, etc. She would not let them spend a centime extra.