[It's a long time before Beast speaks again. He's not really used to telling the story of how his foolish stupidity had cost him so much.]

I wouldn't show hospitality to a guest. There was an old woman in the snow who asked to stay at my castle and I turned her away.

[It wasn't like there were hotels nearby in the 1700s where she could have taken shelter. Beast had essentially condemned her to death by refusing to let her stay there, a horribly cruel act from a spoiled boy.]