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admirers would no longer look at them, now that
they were poor. Everybody disliked them on
account of their arrogance, and folks declared that
they did not deserve pity: in fact, that it was a
good thing their pride had had a fall—a turn at
minding sheep would teach them how to play the
fine lady! 'But we are very sorry for Beauty's
misfortune,' everybody added; 'she is such a dear
girl, and was always so considerate to poor people:
so gentle, and with such charming manners!'
There were even several worthy men who would
have married her, despite the fact that she was now
penniless; but she told them she could not make
up her mind to leave her poor father in his
misfortune, and that she intended to go with him
to the country, to comfort him and help him to
work.
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