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                  Do you think the writer is trying to make fun of the main characters in the story i.e., Mrs Packletide, Miss Mebbin and Loona Bimberton? Pick out instances from  the story that point to this fact.                              (TBQ)

Answer:

                                              Yes, the writer is making fun of the main  characters. Some instances are given in quotes against the names of the characters                          §  Mrs Packletide                                  ·         "Not that the lust to kill .... per million of inhabitants." ·         "was an exception; her ....... dislike of Loona    Bimberton." ·         "already    that    luncheon-party    ...... immeasurably nearer" §  Miss Mebbin §  "she had a morbid dread ............ she had been paid for." §  "adopted a protective elder-sister attitude ...... headlong from less sympathetic hands." §  Loona Bimberton ·         "Had recently been carried eleven miles ....... talked of nothing else;" ·         "she refused to look at an illustrated paper ......... was a model of repressed emotions."