One character in this story remarks that a man is sometimes "afraid to be alone with himself", shortly after Squire Saunders forgets to invite someone to his table for Sunday supper.
One character in this story remarks that a man is sometimes "afraid to be alone with himself", shortly after Squire Saunders forgets to invite someone to his table for Sunday supper. The author of this story appended a note at its end claiming that it was based on a Joseph Moody from Maine, who as a youth had killed his friend. The protagonist of this story is frightened by his own reflection in a wine glass, and drops it during a wedding, shortly before he is abandoned by his fiancée Elizabeth. This story's protagonist dies after proclaiming that he sees the title object "on every visage", and began the story by frightening his parishioners by delivering a sermon on "secret sin". For 10 points, name this Nathaniel Hawthorne short story about a dark cloth worn by Reverend Hooper.
One character in this story remarks that a man is sometimes "afraid to be alone with himself", shortly after Squire Saunders forgets to invite someone to his table for Sunday supper.
"The Minister's Black Veil"