Prior to wearing the veil, Hooper had not been particularly effective in delivering his sermons. On the day he puts on the veil, however, he is intense, moving the congregation so much that they feel his words penetrating into their souls. They are uncomfortably mesmerized by his words and can't wait to get outside. Elizabeth isn't frightened of Hooper at first as some of the others are, and she asks him to remove the veil and explain why he put it on in the first place. He refuses twice to remove it and will not explain it to her. Naturally, she is upset that Hooper is willing to give up a life of happiness for the veil, and Hooper dies a lonely man.
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