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“The Minister’s Black Vail A Parable” Nathanial Hawthorne Page 57

“As his plighted wife, it should be he privilege to know what the black veil concealed.”

This too was a metaphor for it really means his wife should be his confidant. Thus by being his close friend she should know his deepest secrets that he hides behind his veil. In medieval times the queen was thought of to be the most trust person to the king and in this case his wife is. But his wife does not even know his secrets consequently there is a disconnect between him and his wife. His wife never gets the privilege to know he is hiding and she eventually leaves him. This is very common in most relationships for the woman really always want to know what ails her mate and sometimes the man is not man enough to tell her and she leaves him.