 Sharing a romantic evening together , Belle tells the Beast she misses her father . He lets her use his magic mirror to see him . She sees Maurice dying in the woods trying to reach the castle . The Beast lets her go out to save him and he gives her the mirror to remember him by . She finds Maurice and brings him home . As Gaston is about to bring Maurice to the insane asylum , Belle proves Maurice 's sanity by showing the Beast with the mirror . Realizing Belle loves the Beast , Gaston convinces the villagers that the Beast is a man @-@ eating monster and leads them to the castle to kill him . 
