Question

what was mrs packletide's reaction when she came to know that she had killed the goat not the tiger

Answer 1

Mrs. Packletide was 'pardonably annoyed' at the discovery that a goat had been shot instead of the tiger. However, she was glad to become the proud possessor of a dead tiger. She knew that the tiger had died of a heart attack and it was dead. That is all that mattered to her. However, she was worried for people knowing about the diverted truth and thus, paid enough money to Mebbin to keep the case under cover.