He returned in late March during a blizzard looking forlorn and with a mysterious story. Grace thought it might be Robbie’s ship and was excited for their father’s return. Roderick received word that one of his ships had survived the storm and he went to town to deal with the business. Hope and Gervain married a year after the move and were blessed with twins shortly there after. They were successful because of their skill and the great need that village and surrounding villages had for them both. The family fortunes were auctioned and they moved out. Gervain, Hope’s secret love, came and told the family there was work for the father as a carpenter in the country where we was moving to be a blacksmith. Disaster struck the four ships and Robbie was presumed dead and the family lost all of their money in out swoop. Four of these ships set sail on a three year long journey taking with them Grace’s love Robbie whom she promised to wait for and marry him when he returned. Beauty’s mother died when she was young and her father Roderick Huston, was a successful businessman who owned many ships. Her sisters Grace and Hope received, in her mind at least, all the beauty the family had to offer. Summary: Beauty is a nickname Honour received when she was five and found herself unfit to carry the name. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast by Robin McKinley
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