Question

What can we infer is Chaucer's point in including this description of the Prioress? To illustrate her commendable manners.

Answer 1

The correct answer would be to distinguish her from less pilgrims. She does courtly things like weep for a trapped mouse but we also see that she has no problem feeding her hounds with flesh. From examples like these we can see that she behaves like a lady of the court as to imitate that behavior. It is not a reflection of her true feelings.