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l lampionaio" (The Lamplighter) by Maria S. Cummins tells the poignant story of Gertrude, a neglected and ill-treated orphan who finds a fleeting moment of happiness in observing the local lamplighter.
Her life of solitude and hardship is briefly illuminated when the kind lamplighter gifts her a kitten, which becomes her only source of affection. However, this fragile joy is shattered when her cruel guardian, Annetta Grant, brutally kills the kitten, leading to Gertrude's expulsion and her further descent into an uncertain future.