How should I define the Character Sketch of Vera in the Story "The Open Window" written by H.H Munro?

In H.H.
Munro's (also known as ) short story of teenage mischief "", the main character is
Vera; a fifteen year old young lady who is also the niece of Mrs Stappleton. The latter is the
woman whom Mr. Frampton Nuttel comes to visit as a formal guest to be able to spend some time
away after having suffered a nervous breakdown.

Vera's characters is
well-foreshadowed in the very beginning after he meets Mr. Nuttel. When she welcomes him in,
Saki describes the following:

MY aunt will be down
presently, Mr. Nuttel," said a very self-possessedyoung lady of fifteen; "in the
meantime you must try and put up with me.

Here we see
that Vera is "self-possessed" which means that she has the manners, the attitude, and
the persona of someone who is well-under control of herself. This, when compared to the present
state of Frampton, serves as an indicator that the two contrast greatly. However, it tells us
also that, out of the two, it is Vera who has the potential of controlling the entire situation
to her wishes. This is why she subtlety adds that one sentence which foreshadows her:

You must try and put up with me.

From that alone, we can sketch Vera as a cunning, mischievous (she is not necessarily a
"bad" kid, just a mischievous, trying, and curious one), and as quite much wiser than
we think.

During her story about the open window, which is false and
calculated to scare Frampton, Vera shows a myriad of well-planned mannerisms that account for
her love of mischief: She dramatizes, elaborates, embellishes, takes away truths, adds lies, and
controls her story just for the sake of driving Frampton crazy. She does this for no other
reason than to please herself. This helps us sketch Vera further as dramatic, creative,
inventive, artistic, and of course, a bit perverse.

After witnessing the
arrival of the three - MUCH alive- house men coming from hunting, Frampton has become so
enthralled with Vera's story that, when he saw the supposedly dead men arriving back to the
manor he blasted off in panic.

Vera does not acknowledge nor makes much of
the situation. She simply explained to her aunt how curious Mr. Frampton was in coming and going
this way. This seals the deal: Vera is a girl who may have become so bored with life in the
country (as many other country Victorian estate young ladies did), that she has excelled at the
art of storytelling. We cannot take away the hint that Saki gives us with Vera: She, her wit,
her storytelling techniques, and her bit of malice reminds us of another witty, malicious
storyteller: Saki, himself!