Beast , how you frightened me ! '' she cried . `` I never knew how much I loved you until just now , when I feared I was too late to save your life . '' `` Can you really love such an ugly creature as I am ? '' said the Beast faintly . `` Ah ! Beauty , you only came just in time . I was dying because I thought you had forgotten your promise . But go back now and rest , I shall see you again by and by . '' Beauty , who had half expected that he would be angry with her , was reassured by his gentle voice , and went back to the palace , where supper was awaiting her ; and afterward the Beast came in as usual , and talked about the time she had spent with her father , asking if she had enjoyed herself , and if they had all been very glad to see her . Beauty answered politely , and quite enjoyed telling him all that had happened to her . And when at last the time came for him to go , and he asked , as he had so often asked before , `` Beauty , will you marry me ? '' She answered softly , `` Yes , dear Beast . '' As she spoke a blaze of light sprang up before the windows of the palace ; fireworks crackled and guns banged , and across the avenue of orange trees , in letters all made of fire-flies , was written : `` Long live the Prince and his Bride . '' Turning to ask the Beast what it could all mean , Beauty found that he had disappeared , and in his place stood her long-loved Prince ! At the same moment the wheels of a chariot were heard upon the terrace , and two ladies entered the room . One of them Beauty recognized as the stately lady she had seen in her dreams ; the other was also so grand and queenly that Beauty hardly knew which to greet first . But the one she already knew said to her companion : `` Well , Queen , this is Beauty , who has had the courage to rescue your son from the terrible enchantment . They love one another , and only your consent to their marriage is wanting to make them perfectly happy . '' `` I consent with all my heart , '' cried the Queen .
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