Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 49
ant and his sons cried in earnest:only Beauty did not weep, for she thought that it wouldmake bad matters worse. They reached the palace in a very few hours, and thehorse went of his own accord into the same stable asbefore. The merchant and Beauty went into the largehall, where they found a table… … herself then began to eat, and thought all the time thatit must be the beast had a mind to fatten her beforehe ate her up, as he had set such rich food beforeher. When they had done their supper they heard agreat noise, and the good old man began to bid his poorchild farewell, for he knew it was…
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