The Secret Garden
Mrs. Crawford
The clergyman's wife
A harried, kind-hearted woman with many children, who shelters Mary briefly before she is sent to England.
Mrs. Crawford is the wife of the English clergyman who takes Mary in after the cholera outbreak. She is harried and kind-hearted, with many children of her own and a sudden tragedy to deal with. She is well-meaning but overwhelmed.
She gives Mary a temporary home and sends her on to England. She is one of the adults who, in Mary's early life, does what is needed without having time to be warm.
In the story
Contains spoilers.
Mrs. Crawford is part of the stretch of the story between India and Yorkshire. Mary has lost her parents and her Ayah, and the Crawfords are the first people who look after her.
She then sends Mary on a long voyage to England, where Mrs. Medlock waits to take her to Misselthwaite Manor. Her part is short, but it is the link that takes Mary from a lost child in an empty nursery to a girl on her way to a new life.
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