# Mrs. Crawford — The Secret Garden character guide

> Mrs. Crawford in The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-i-there-is-no-one-left

## Who they are

A woman who knew Mary's mother in India.

## In the story

### [Mistress Mary Quite Contrary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_garden_se/chapters/ii-mistress-mary-quite-contrary)

Mrs. Crawford is the English clergyman's wife who briefly cares for Mary. She finds Mary plain and unattractive, pitying her lack of manners.

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