Because the mother had lots of society friends, they threw a lovely baby shower in honor of her twins. Unfortunately, the post office had lost one of the invitations, the one meant for her younger sister. On the day of the party her sister stormed in, enraged that she had been slighted in such a way. The sister was just as beautiful as the mother was, but living in her shadow as a child had made the sister mean and cruel. The sister declared that the father would lose all of his money, the mother would die a premature death, Aurora would be also doomed to an early death inflicted by spindle, and Bella was fated to live the rest of her life in rags. After making this pronouncement, the sister left just as abruptly as she had arrived, leaving the mother and her friends to laugh at such outrageous claims.