the villagers anxious for their thousand rupees gladly convinced at the fiction that she had shot the beast". what do you understand about the villagers from the line?

The villagers did everything in order to get a fat amount of one thousand rupees as had been promised by Mrs packletide. Miss Mebbin's discovery could put their amount at a stake.

So they connived that Mrs packletide had actually shot the tiger. This would satisfy Mrs packletide's ego and they would get the amount

Explanation:

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