[she considers that] I think she was, but I don't know what she would have said if you'd asked her then. But believe it or not, everyone's problems were about to get even worse. After her father's wild declarations about the Beast's castle, Gaston decided there was a way to make Belle marry him. He paid off an official--if Belle refused him again, he would have her father committed to an asylum for the rest of his life.
So when Belle did rescue her father and return home with him, Gaston confronted her with his ultimatum. But Belle had other ideas. She used the magic mirror to show the Beast to the people of the village, proving that he was real. Only to Belle's shock, Gaston used the Beast's appearance to stir up a lynch mob. Now the villagers wanted to kill him--and Gaston locked Belle and her father in their basement so they couldn't help. Then he led the mob into the woods to go after the Beast.
[she pauses for breath, having been speaking quickly in her excitement as the events of the story picked up. she doesn't stop for long, though, too eager to share more with Grainne. she's enjoying this now, which is both surprising to her and thrilling, even as the story itself grows more serious]
The villagers made it easily to the Beast's castle, but the staff rallied to protect their home. They used their strange, cursed forms to their advantage and kept most of the mob busy with tricks. But Gaston managed to get past them and made his way to the Beast. And the Beast, thinking he had already lost the only person he had ever cared about, didn't fight back.
[she pauses again here, fully into the story and enjoying seeing Grainne's reactions to the suspense. after all, this is a story that she first heard--saw, really--when she was very young. it's exciting to see someone's reactions who is hearing it for the very first time]
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So when Belle did rescue her father and return home with him, Gaston confronted her with his ultimatum. But Belle had other ideas. She used the magic mirror to show the Beast to the people of the village, proving that he was real. Only to Belle's shock, Gaston used the Beast's appearance to stir up a lynch mob. Now the villagers wanted to kill him--and Gaston locked Belle and her father in their basement so they couldn't help. Then he led the mob into the woods to go after the Beast.
[she pauses for breath, having been speaking quickly in her excitement as the events of the story picked up. she doesn't stop for long, though, too eager to share more with Grainne. she's enjoying this now, which is both surprising to her and thrilling, even as the story itself grows more serious]
The villagers made it easily to the Beast's castle, but the staff rallied to protect their home. They used their strange, cursed forms to their advantage and kept most of the mob busy with tricks. But Gaston managed to get past them and made his way to the Beast. And the Beast, thinking he had already lost the only person he had ever cared about, didn't fight back.
[she pauses again here, fully into the story and enjoying seeing Grainne's reactions to the suspense. after all, this is a story that she first heard--saw, really--when she was very young. it's exciting to see someone's reactions who is hearing it for the very first time]