Only say good-by to all your brothers and sisters the night before you come away , and when you have gone to bed turn this ring round upon your finger and say firmly : ' I wish to go back to my palace and see my Beast again . ' Good-night , Beauty . Fear nothing , sleep peacefully , and before long you shall see your father once more . '' As soon as Beauty was alone she hastened to fill the boxes with all the rare and precious things she saw about her , and only when she was tired of heaping things into them did they seem to be full . Then she went to bed , but could hardly sleep for joy . And when at last she did begin to dream of her beloved Prince she was grieved to see him stretched upon a grassy bank , sad and weary , and hardly like himself . `` What is the matter ? '' she cried . He looked at her reproachfully , and said : `` How can you ask me , cruel one ? Are you not leaving me to my death perhaps ? '' `` Ah ! do n't be so sorrowful , '' cried Beauty ; `` I am only going to assure my father that I am safe and happy . I have promised the Beast faithfully that I will come back , and he would die of grief if I did not keep my word ! '' `` What would that matter to you ? '' said the Prince `` Surely you would not care ? '' `` Indeed , I should be ungrateful if I did not care for such a kind Beast , '' cried Beauty indignantly . `` I would die to save him from pain . I assure you it is not his fault that he is so ugly . '' Just then a strange sound woke her -- someone was speaking not very far away ; and opening her eyes she found herself in a room she had never seen before , which was certainly not nearly so splendid as those she was used to in the Beast 's palace . Where could she be ?
She got up and dressed hastily , and then saw that the boxes she had packed the night XXXXX were all in the room .
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