"I was speaking of your nature not your face though it is lovely as well." He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. "There is a legend that a young gardener fell in love with a princess," he said slowly, "knowing that they could never be he made them a secret language...one by which they could communicate their feelings where no one else would know. Red stood for love and respect, orange for desire, purple roses stand for grace, gentility, elegance and refinement, pink convey sociability and friendship, yellow roses symbolize joy, freedom, and friendship, and the white rose secrecy, innocence or purity."