What is the initial reaction that the parishioners have when they see Mr. Hooper?

When Mr. Hooper's parishioners first see him wearing the black veil, they experience a great deal of confusion, doubt, and worry.  The sexton cries out in "astonishment," and every person within earshot of his cry "started" when they observed the cause of his exclamation.  All of the parishioners feel a great deal of "amazement," and the sexton says that the veil makes him doubt that it can even be good Mr. Hooper beneath it.  One...

When Mr. Hooper's parishioners first see him wearing the black veil, they experience a great deal of confusion, doubt, and worry.  The sexton cries out in "astonishment," and every person within earshot of his cry "started" when they observed the cause of his exclamation.  All of the parishioners feel a great deal of "amazement," and the sexton says that the veil makes him doubt that it can even be good Mr. Hooper beneath it.  One old woman expresses her extreme dislike of it and says that the minister has "'changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face.'"  She made very uncomfortable because his face is no longer visible.  Another man, Goodman Gray, thinks that the parson "'has gone mad!'"  Further, when Mr. Hooper walks into the meeting house, more than one woman apparently had to excuse herself because his appearance was so terrifying that it made them feel faint.  They are all "pale faced" and "hushed" at the sight of their good parson's face concealed in such an ominous and strange way.