But presently she heard the Beast coming , and wondered tremblingly if he meant to eat her up now . However , as he did not seem at all ferocious , and only said gruffly : `` Good-evening , Beauty , '' she answered cheerfully and managed to conceal her terror . Then the Beast asked her how she had been amusing herself , and she told him all the rooms she had seen . Then he asked if she thought she could be happy in his palace ; and Beauty answered that everything was so beautiful that she would be very hard to please if she could not be happy . And after about an hour 's talk Beauty began to think that the Beast was not nearly so terrible as she had supposed at first . Then he got up to leave her , and said in his gruff voice : `` Do you love me , Beauty ? Will you marry me ? '' `` Oh ! what shall I say ? '' cried Beauty , for she was afraid to make the Beast angry by refusing . `` Say ` yes ' or ` no ' without fear , '' he replied . `` Oh ! no , Beast , '' said Beauty hastily . `` Since you will not , good-night , Beauty , '' he said . And she answered , `` Good-night , Beast , '' very glad to find that her refusal had not provoked him . And after he was gone she was very soon in bed and asleep , and dreaming of her unknown Prince . She thought he came and said to her : `` Ah , Beauty ! why are you so unkind to me ? I fear I am fated to be unhappy for many a long day still . '' And then her dreams changed , but the charming Prince figured in them all ; and when morning came her first thought was to look at the portrait , and see if it was really like him , and she found that it certainly was .
This morning she decided to amuse herself XXXXX the garden , for the sun shone , and all the fountains were playing ; but she was astonished to find that every place was familiar to her , and presently she came to the brook where the myrtle trees were growing where she had first met the Prince in her dream , and that made her think more than ever that he must be kept a prisoner by the Beast .
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