Upon returning to the village, Maurice tries to seek the villagers' help in trying to rescue Belle, but they don't believe him, and they consequently throw him out of the tavern.ĭetermined to not give up on Belle, he decides to return to the castle alone. Maurice is forcibly taken back to the village. She succeeds in convincing the Beast to release him, under the condition that she is to take her father's place, to Maurice's protests. She then tries to convince the Beast to release him from the castle. When he enters the castle to stay for the night, he ends up being locked up by the Beast, the castle's master.īelle learns of what happened and goes to the castle, attempting to release her father. After going down a path that results in the loss of his horse and cart, and being attacked and nearly killed by a pack of rabid wolves, he winds up at the gate of a dark castle. However, he is unable to make it to the fair due to getting lost in the woods. Once it is successfully working, he leaves for the County Fair to display his invention. However, most of the villagers think he is insane for crafting devices believed ridiculous and impossible to construct in reality.ĭuring the beginning of the movie, he is working on a machine that automatically chops up firewood. Maurice is the village inventor and Belle's father.