Anne of Avonlea

As Anne sits in the kitchen reading a letter, Davy bursts in complaining of hunger. While she fixes him some bread and butter, he casually remarks that he does not plan on going to heaven when he dies because “heaven is in Simon Fletcher’s garrett” (108). Anne, too amazed at this statement to laugh at it, asks him to explain. What follows is a mix-up of playground gossip and storytelling resulting from a conversation between Milty Boulter and Davy. It appears that, at a funeral for Milty’s cousin, Milty asked his aunt where heaven was, and she pointed upstairs towards the attic. Anne “did her best to straighten out this theological tangle” (109) and convinces Davy that he no longer needed to fear Simon’s garrett.

While everyone prepares for dinner, Anne reveals to Marilla that the letter is from Priscilla. Her aunt—the famous author Charlotte Morgan—is on the island, and Priscilla knows Anne desperately wants to meet her. The plan is to stop by Green Gables for lunch on Thursday. Anne tells Diana, and the girls work together to plan an elegant and elaborate meal that would impress Mrs. Morgan. They bake and prepare the day before, and Anne cleans the house from top to bottom.