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

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Mrs. Packletide is the speaker. The lines are said in response to questions regarding why she did not hunt anymore. Mrs. Packletide is referred to the expenses that she incurred when she hunted for the first time, she paid the villagers, she paid Louisa Mebbin and even had to buy her a cottage.

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