Mrs. Lynde is a very farseeing woman , is n't she , Matthew ? I 'm very glad they 've called Mr. Allan . I liked him because his sermon was interesting and he prayed as if he meant it and not just as if he did it because he was in the habit of it . Mrs. Lynde says he is n't perfect , but she says she supposes we could n't expect a perfect minister for seven hundred and fifty dollars a year , and anyhow his theology is sound because she questioned him thoroughly on all the points of doctrine . And she knows his wife 's people and they are most respectable and the women are all good housekeepers . Mrs. Lynde says that sound doctrine in the man and good housekeeping in the woman make an ideal combination for a minister 's family . '' The new minister and his wife were a young , pleasant-faced couple , still on their honeymoon , and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework . Avonlea opened its heart to them from the start . Old and young liked the frank , cheerful young man with his high ideals , and the bright , gentle little lady who assumed the mistress-ship of the manse . With Mrs. Allan Anne fell promptly and wholeheartedly in love . She had discovered another kindred spirit . `` Mrs. Allan is perfectly lovely , '' she announced one Sunday afternoon . `` She 's taken our class and she 's a splendid teacher . She said right away she did n't think it was fair for the teacher to ask all the questions , and you know , Marilla , that is exactly what I 've always thought . She said we could ask her any question we liked and I asked ever so many . I 'm good at asking questions , Marilla . '' `` I believe you '' was Marilla 's emphatic comment . `` 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 XXXXX my cheeks , Marilla .
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