`` Nobody else asked any except Ruby Gillis , and she asked if there was to be a Sunday-school picnic this summer . I did n't think that was a very proper question to ask because it had n't any connection with the lesson -- the lesson was about Daniel in the lions ' den -- but Mrs. Allan just smiled and said she thought there would be . Mrs. Allan has a lovely smile ; she has such EXQUISITE dimples in her cheeks . I wish I had dimples in my cheeks , Marilla . I 'm not half so skinny as I was when I came here , but I have no dimples yet . If I had perhaps I could influence people for good . Mrs. Allan said we ought always to try to influence other people for good . She talked so nice about everything . I never knew before that religion was such a cheerful thing . I always thought it was kind of melancholy , but Mrs. Allan 's is n't , and I 'd like to be a Christian if I could be one like her . I would n't want to be one like Mr. Superintendent Bell . '' `` It 's very naughty of you to speak so about Mr. Bell , '' said Marilla severely . `` Mr. Bell is a real good man . '' `` Oh , of course he 's good , '' agreed Anne , `` but he does n't seem to get any comfort out of it . If I could be good I 'd dance and sing all day because I was glad of it . I suppose Mrs. Allan is too old to dance and sing and of course it would n't be dignified in a minister 's wife . But I can just feel she 's glad she 's a Christian and that she 'd be one even if she could get to heaven without it . '' `` I suppose we must have Mr. and Mrs. Allan up to tea someday soon , '' said Marilla reflectively . `` They 've been most everywhere but here . Let me see .
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