Her energetic intervention had saved many a rouble from dissipating itself in tips in some Moscow hotel, and francs and centimes clung to her instinctively under circumstances which would have driven them headlong from less sympathetic hands.

1.what had louisa mebbin's interventions saved?How?

2.who are referred to as 'more sympathetic hands'?

3.which character trait of miss mebbbin does this statement reveal?

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Louisa Mebbin’s interventions had saved a lot of money being extravagantly spent at various places. She was very careful to not to over spend at various occasions and stayed very careful in this regard.

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Here, ‘more sympathetic hands’ is referred to the hands of the people who tend to spend generously around places like hotels, etc.

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This statement reveals that Mebbin was not an extravagant person. She believed in spending money judiciously. Also, this might point towards she being her a miser. This is not made clear in this story and thus, completely depends on one’s own discretion.

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