Beauty and the Beast by Marie le Prince de Beaumont (4)

Complete the gaps in the following text :

Not that Beauty cared for a rose, but she asked for something, lest she should seem by her example
to condemn her sisters' conduct, who would have said she did it only to look particular.
The go man we on h journey; b when h
came th , they we to l with h about t merchandize,
a after a great de of tro and pa to n purpose,
h came ba as po as bef . He w within thi
miles o his o house, thin on t pleasure h
should ha in see his chil again, wh going thr
a la forest h lost him . It rai and sno terribly,
bes , the wi was s high, th it th him tw
off h horse; a night com on, h began t
apprehend be either sta to de with co and hun ,
or el devoured b the wol , whom h heard how
all aro him, wh , on a sudden, loo through a long wa of tr ,
he s a li at so distance, a going o
a lit farther, perc it ca from a palace illum from t
to bot . The merc returned G thanks f this ha discovery,
a hasted t the pal ; but w greatly surp
at n meeting wi anyone i the o - courts. H
horse foll him, a seeing a large sta open, we in,
a finding bo hay a oats, t poor be ,
who w almost fami , fell t eating ve heartily.

T merchant ti him u to t manger, a walked
tow the ho , where h saw n one, b entering
in a la hall, h found a good fi , and a table plent
set o , with b one co laid.

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