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

Seen in the story "Esme," the Baroness is obviously of the upper crust of society and has little compassion. She says that she and her husband have remained together because they could not afford to live apart, though it seems likely that her idea of poverty is skewed by her need for the finer things in life. She says that she tries to come to the aid of the child killed by the hyena though her idea of helping is to yell at the hyena. Her greed is seen when she is willing to lose the friendship of the woman named Constance by not giving her a part of the money she had received from selling a broach.