Two yellow daffodils, three blue cornflowers and white-berried mistletoe lie tied with ivory cord on grey textured ground.

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Mr. Emerson

Well, you said you liked cornflowers.

— A Room with a View · 1908

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker explains a choice by recalling that the other person said they liked cornflowers. The words do not state what happens next.

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