Astonish Me - Pg 110

 The principal who danced Giselle runs offstage, returns with an armful of red and white roses bound with a huge blue ribbon. She curtsys low, offering them to Arslan. He accepts, plucking out one red rose to give back to her. Joan watches him bow and bow to the roaring maw of the theater, and she remembers the waterfall. Here is the answer to his question.