Zora Neale's Fantomina-Personal Narrative

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It has been a few years since the day the whore’s manor burned down. Both he and the old hag did not survive the fire, and neither did any of the precious items that were inside. The little girl was accused of setting the house on fire, as many of the servants claimed that she predicted its occurrence. As she was taken away by the police, she screamed the name that I made up for myself. She is still awaiting for her trial, but she keeps pleading innocent, so the officers constantly go back to the ruins in search of evidence. They found nothing incriminating, but on a piece of a debris, Fantomina was carved into it. There were no records of anyone named Fantomina, and no one in the town has heard the name. In the end, justice was brought