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The Veiled Lady: She is a mystical character, first introduced as a public curiosity, who suddenly disappears from the public's eye.

Her story is developed in a type of ghost story narrated by Zenobia in a segment entitled The Silvery Veil.

She is said to have been held captive by the curse of the veil, a symbol which in Hawthorne's literature typically represents secret sin.

She is controlled by the magician Westervelt, and is eventually revealed to be Priscilla herself when Hollingsworth removes the veil.