AUTUMN ROSES

                                "VOITSKI. As a peace offering I am going to fetch some flowers which
                                                    I picked for you this morning: some autumn roses, beautiful,
                                                    sorrowful roses. [He goes out.]
                                  SONIA.   Autumn roses, beautiful, sorrowful roses!"
                           
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                        uncle vanya - anton chekhov