Beauty and the Beast2017

Belle:
[reciting lines from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" as the Beast rests] "Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind..."

[the Beast recites the rest of the line with her]

Belle and Beast:
..."And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."

Belle:
[surprised] You know Shakespeare.

Beast:
[rolls over] I had an expensive education.

Belle:
[visibly excited and engaged] Actually, Romeo and Juliet's my favorite play.

Beast:
[groans exasperatedly] Ugh, why is that not a surprise?

Belle:
[lightly offended] ... I'm sorry?

Beast:
Well, all that heartache, and pining, and... bleaugh! [sticks out tongue] So many better things to read.

Belle:
[shocked and slightly more offended] Like what?

[Belle and the Beast walk into his library]

Beast:
Well, there are a couple of things in here you could start with....

[Belle stares at the library in amazement]

Beast:
Are you alright?

Belle:
It's wonderful!

Beast:
Yes, I suppose it is. Well, if you like it so much, then it's yours.

Belle:
Have you really read every one of these books?

Beast:
[scoffs] No, not all of them. Some of them are in Greek.

Belle:
[laughs] Was that a joke? Are you making jokes now?

Beast:
[smirks] Maybe.

[He leaves, shaking his head and smiling. Belle giggles]