Question

"How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened."
a) Why did the speaker say these words? Do you think the speaker had plans in mind?
b) What had really happened?​

Answer 1

(a) Miss Mebbin is the speaker.
(b) Mrs. Packletide had shot the goat and not the tiger which had died of a heart-attack.
(c) Everyone would be amused as they thought that Mrs. Packletide had killed the tiger which in reality she had not.