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."
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