What is the meaning of the extract "Mrs Packletide's tiger"
Her energetic intervention had saved many a rouble from dissipating itself in tips in some Moscow hotel and francs and centimes clung to her instinctively under circumstances which would have driven them headlong from less sympathetic hands"
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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.
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It means that Miss Mebbin(Mrs. Packletide's Paid Companion) was too materialistic.
She didn't want to spend money at all.She was able to save money in giving tips at Moscow Hotel and other things of interest because of her nature.
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