The Thorn Birds
What does Meggie give Ralph shortly before he leaves Drogheda in the novel, The Thorn Birds?
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One of the bushes in the rose garden at Drogheda has blooms the exact color of Meggie's first formal dress, the color she and Ralph call "ashes of roses." Meggie gives one of these roses to Ralph shortly before he leaves Drogheda, and he keeps it preserved in his missal forever.
The Thorn Birds