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“The Trimmed Lamp” by O'Henry.

In the gaslit avenues of New York, two country girls—Lou and Nancy—chase the same shimmering dream: a better life. Lou irons her way toward glitter and lace, while Nancy, behind a counter of fine handkerchiefs, practices the mannerisms of millionaires. Both polish their hopes beneath the city’s relentless glare—one through work, the other through aspiration. Yet when fortune comes calling, its light exposes more than it rewards. In The Trimmed Lamp, O. Henry turns the humdrum lives of “shop-girls” into a parable of ambition, friendship, and the delicate wick of womanly dignity that must never go out, no matter how dim the world around it grows.