Gaston bribes him to take part in a scheme to blackmail Belle into marrying him in which D'Arque will threaten to have Belle 's rather eccentric father Maurice sent to the madhouse .
Monsieur D'Arque is the owner of the local madhouse or Asylum for Loons .
Gaston bribes Monsieur D'Arque to take part in a scheme to blackmail Belle into marrying him in which owner will threaten to have Belle 's rather eccentric father Maurice sent to the madhouse .
Monsieur D'Arque is the owner of the local madhouse or Asylum for Loons .