Question

What and anxiety did the villagers have as mrs packletide was waiting for the hunting expedition?

Answer 1

the anxiety was that the tiger was very old and looking very ill .when the villagers saw the tiger they think that when the day will come when Mrs. packltide shoot the tiger then it will not happen that before this day the tiger got died.
because if the tiger got died then the rupess given by Mrs. packltide to the villagers are to be return to the Mrs. packltide.