Elizabeth was the fiance of Mr. Hooper. She didn't think the vail symbolized anything. She didn't like that it covered the face of her beloved. One day she decided to ask Hooper to take off his vail. When he refused she said he was to take off the vail or she was going to leave him. He denied her request, so she left him. However, you could tell that she still loved him because she was his nurse at his deathbed.