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he is so ugly,' she said, 'for he is so good.'
Beauty passed three months in the palace
quietly enough, with three pretty apes that
appeared just to serve her. Every evening the
Beast paid her a visit, and entertained her at
supper by a display of much good sense, if not
with what the world calls wit. And every day
Beauty was made aware of fresh kindnesses on
the part of the monster. Through seeing him often
she had become accustomed to his ugliness, and
far from dreading the moment of his visit, she
frequently looked at her watch to see if it was
nine o'clock, the hour when the Beast always
appeared.____
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