Who was Hari Singh? Who was Mrs. Pumpery?

Hari Singh is the narrator and a young thief in Ruskin Bond's short story "The Thief's Story."

Mrs. Pumphrey is the rich and overindulgent owner of a dog named Tricki, from James Herriot's short story "A Triumph of Surgery" (often found in school curriculum as "A Triumph of Surgery" or "Tricki's Story")