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             "The incidental expenses are so heavy," she confides to inquiring friends. Who is the speaker? What is she referring to here?  (TBQ)

Answer:

                  The stated lines have been spoken by Mrs Packletide. She is referring to the heavy expenses she had to bear for the tiger hunt. She had willingly paid the villagers to arrange for the hunt but what she had to pay to Miss Mebbin at the end (the weekend cottage) was absolutely unexpected and put a heavy burden on her pocket.