Behind The Black Veil

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People show judgement when they don’t agree with one's passion. “I would not be alone with him for the world. I wonder he is not afraid to be alone with himself.” This is a moment in life when someone is judging something before they even know what is happening, like they don’t know how to take it so they are just going to assume it is wrong. In the afternoon at the funeral of the young lady when Mr. Hooper appeared still covered in the black veil, it was now an appropriate emblem.” Now that this is appropriate everyone has no problem with the black veil and they aren’t concerned about why he is wearing it. The burial stone is moss-grown, and good Mr. Hooper’s faced dust: but awful is still the thought the is moldered beneath the Black Veil!

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