Anne of Green Gables
Mrs. Allan
The minister's wife
The kind young wife of Avonlea's new minister, and Anne's ideal of grace.
Mrs. Allan is a young woman with honey-blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and a welcoming smile. She is the new minister's wife and Anne's Sunday school teacher. She is gentle, patient, and understanding, and she treats Anne's feelings as important.
Anne admires her as an angelic standard for womanhood and Christian grace, and she wants very much to impress her. That is why the tea party where she invites Mrs. Allan matters so much to her. Mrs. Allan does not need a perfect cake to see what kind of girl Anne is.
“Don't cry, Anne. It was just a mistake, and you are such a dear girl.”
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Anne invites Mrs. Allan to tea and bakes a layer cake as a gift. She flavors it with anodyne liniment by mistake, and Mrs. Allan politely asks what flavoring she used. Marilla names the horrifying truth, and Anne flees upstairs in despair, sure she will never live it down.
Mrs. Allan follows her and tells her not to cry, that it was just a mistake and she is a dear girl. That kindness creates an enduring bond between them.
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