Editing City Lights (section)

==Plot==
The unveiling of a new monument to "Peace and Prosperity" reveals the [[The Tramp|Little Tramp]] asleep in the lap of one of the sculpted figures. He escapes the assembly's fury and roams the city.

The Tramp encounters a [[flower seller|flower girl]] on a street corner. He is instantly smitten and realizes she is blind while buying a flower from her. The woman mistakes him for a wealthy man when the door of an automobile slams shut as he departs.

That evening, the Tramp saves a drunken millionaire from suicide. The millionaire takes the Tramp, his new best friend, back to his mansion for champagne, then to a party. After helping the millionaire home the next morning, he sees the flower girl en route to her street corner. He gets some money from the millionaire, buys all her flowers and drives her home in the millionaire's car. After the Tramp leaves, the flower girl tells her grandmother about her kind, wealthy friend. Meanwhile, the Tramp returns to the mansion, where the millionaire{{snd}}now sober{{snd}}does not remember him and throws him out. Later that day, the millionaire is once again intoxicated and, seeing the Tramp on the street, invites him home for a lavish party. However, the millionaire is sober again the next morning and again kicks the Tramp out.

Finding that the woman is not at her usual corner, the Tramp goes to her apartment and overhears a doctor telling the grandmother that she has a fever. Determined to help, the Tramp takes a job as a [[street sweeper]]. On his lunch break, he brings her groceries. To entertain her, he reads a newspaper aloud, including a story about a Viennese doctor's blindness cure. "Wonderful, then I'll be able to see you," says the woman. He also finds an eviction notice the woman's grandmother has hidden. As he leaves, he pledges to pay the rent.

The Tramp is fired for frequently being late. A boxer convinces him to fight in a fake match and split the prize money. However, the boxer is replaced at the last minute by a no-nonsense fighter who knocks the Tramp out despite the Tramp's nimble evasions.

The Tramp encounters the drunken millionaire again and is invited to the mansion. He relates the flower girl's plight and receives money for her operation. Burglars knock the millionaire out and take the rest of his money. The police find the Tramp with the money given to him by the millionaire, who, because of the knock on the head, does not remember giving it. The Tramp evades the police long enough to give the money to the flower girl, telling her he will be going away for a time; he is arrested and imprisoned.

When the Tramp is released months later, he goes to the flower girl's customary street corner but does not find her. The woman{{snd}}her sight restored{{snd}}now runs a busy flower shop with her grandmother. However, she still remembers the mysterious benefactor, who she mistakes for a young customer. The Tramp happens by the shop, where the woman is arranging flowers in the window. He stoops to pick up a discarded flower and turns to the shop's window. He suddenly sees the woman, who has been watching him. At the sight of her, he momentarily freezes, but then breaks into a broad smile. The woman giggles to her employee, "I've made a conquest!" She offers him a fresh flower and a coin. Suddenly embarrassed, the Tramp begins to shuffle away, but the woman again offers the flower, which the Tramp shyly accepts. She takes his hand and presses the coin into it, then abruptly stops as she recognizes the touch of his hand. She runs her fingers along his arm and shoulder, then gasps, "You?" The Tramp nods and asks, "You can see now?" She replies, "Yes, I can see now", and presses his hand to her heart with a tearful smile. Relieved and elated, the Tramp smiles back.