Near the end of the story “the minister’s black veil,” the minister of westbury pays a visit to father hooper. what does the minister mean by the phrase “veil of eternity” when he says to father hooper, “before the veil of eternity be lifted, let me cast aside this black veil from your face”?

a. that which represents a life-threatening disease

b. that which hides hooper’s sins from others

c. that which has hidden hooper’s sins from god

d. that which separates this life from the next