When he had finished he heard a great noise in the next room , which he knew meant that the Beast was coming . As he could do nothing to escape his visit , the only thing that remained was to seem as little afraid as possible ; so when the Beast appeared and asked roughly if he had supped well , the merchant answered humbly that he had , thanks to his host 's kindness . Then the Beast warned him to remember their agreement , and to prepare his daughter exactly for what she had to expect . `` Do not get up to-morrow , '' he added , `` until you see the sun and hear a golden bell ring . Then you will find your breakfast waiting for you here , and the horse you are to ride will be ready in the courtyard . He will also bring you back again when you come with your daughter a month hence . Farewell . Take a rose to Beauty , and remember your promise ! '' The merchant was only too glad when the Beast went away , and though he could not sleep for sadness , he lay down until the sun rose . Then , after a hasty breakfast , he went to gather Beauty 's rose , and mounted his horse , which carried him off so swiftly that in an instant he had lost sight of the palace , and he was still wrapped in gloomy thoughts when it stopped before the door of the cottage . His sons and daughters , who had been very uneasy at his long absence , rushed to meet him , eager to know the result of his journey , which , seeing him mounted upon a splendid horse and wrapped in a rich mantle , they supposed to be favorable . He hid the truth from them at first , only saying sadly to Beauty as he gave her the rose : `` Here is what you asked me to bring you ; you little know what it has cost . '' But this excited their curiosity so greatly that presently he told them his adventures from beginning to end , and then they were all very unhappy . The girls lamented loudly over their lost hopes , and the sons declared that their father should not return to this terrible castle , and began to make plans for killing the Beast if it should come to fetch him . But he reminded them that he had promised to go back . Then the girls were very angry with Beauty , and said it was all her fault , and that if she had asked for something sensible this would never have happened , and complained bitterly that they should have to suffer for her folly . Poor Beauty , much distressed , said to them : `` I have , indeed , caused this misfortune , but I assure you I did it innocently . Who could have guessed that to ask for a rose in the middle of summer would cause so much misery ? But as I did the mischief it is only just that I should suffer for it . I will therefore go back with my father to keep his promise . ''
At first nobody would hear of this arrangement , and her father and brothers , who loved her dearly , declared XXXXX nothing should make them let her go ; but Beauty was firm .
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