Show LOVE QUESTIONS Three white roses filled the air with sweetness three white roses strong stemmed long and leafy with petals of waxen fineness and velvet softness They swayed in the tall clear grass that held them They shone against the dull red of the wall against which they were placed with a sort of radiance radi-ance They seemed more than mere flowers they were angelic messengers She sat and watched them through her long lashesshe was like them slender lithe and strong cold and beautiful The white gown that she wore was clasped with a cord the color of the leaves Her small well poised head was set upon her neck with the grace of one of the blossoms on its stem She watched them with an inscrutable expression on her face I was almost as though she were of their race and were listening to them speaking for her ear alone A sudden breeze passed through the room A waxen petal fell from a rose She started suddenly from her reverie She smiled contemptuously as she moved from the chair Three white roses she murmured Three white roses And only 150 a dozen Is this what he calls love New York World |