Who is Mrs. Packletide from The Penguin Complete Saki and what is their importance? The_Penguin_Complete_Saki English & Literature Mrs. Packletide | The Penguin Complete Saki

Found in "Mrs. Packletide's Tiger," she is an elderly woman with plenty of money. She wants to kill a tiger because she had a friend who did so and this friend gained a great deal of attention from the feat. Mrs. Packletide's tiger actually dies of fright at the sound of the gun and Mrs. Packletide has to buy the silence of her paid companion. This prompts her decision to never hunt again because of the heavy price of the "incidental expenses."