The story is about a small town congregation's reaction when their minister, Reverend Hooper, appears at the meeting-house adorned in a black veil, for which he offers no explanation, nor does he appear to behave any differently. The veil remains between them, they never marry. She intimated the rumor that he might be hiding "under the consciousness of secret sin" to which he provided her an answer and reveals his true feelings for her. Hooper to his table, where the good clergyman had been wont to bless the food, almost every Sunday since his settlement."Įlizabeth - A young lady, Hooper's fiance, is the only member of the congregation who had the courage to ask the Reverend directly why he wears the veil. Old Squire Saunders - Probably the oldest of the congregation who has a reserved special chair in the center of the meeting-house, after service where the reverend first adorned his veil, Saunders "neglected to invite Mr. Each of them "felt as if the preacher had crept upon them, behind his awful veil, and discovered their hoarded iniquity of deed or thought." Milford parishioners - The congregation of worshippers who are affected by the strange changes in the Revend Hooper's new appearance. Goodman Gray - The sexton of the church who declares, "Our parson has gone mad!" He was a good preacher, but not energetic his temperament was described as a "gentle gloom." Hooper - The preacher of a small congregation in Milford, Massachusetts who suddenly appears one Sabbath day wearing a black veil, copmletely covering his features, except the mouth and chin.
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