I wanted you to know as everything is all right, and I mean well by you.

I didn't know how to tell you, and then I saw the roses growing outside the door, and I thought as maybe they'd do it for me.

They made me think of you somehow.
They were so white--and pure." "Ah!" The word was a wrung sound, half cry, half sob.

His roses fell suddenly and scattered upon the floor between them.

Columbine's hands covered her face.
She stood for a second or two in tense silence, then under her breath she spoke.