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What is the final event in O. Henry's "A Service of Love"?

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The final event in "A Service of Love" by O. Henry reveals that Joe and Delia, a couple who moved to New York to pursue their artistic dreams, have both secretly taken jobs at the same laundry to support each other. They each pretended to work in their respective arts, but ultimately discover they have been working at the same place, highlighting their mutual sacrifice and devotion.

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What happened last in the plot of the story is, of course, the last thing in the story. The last thing in the story is that the two of them (Joe and Delia) found out that they had been working in the same laundry.

The basic overview of the plot as a whole is that each of the two grow up in small towns and move to New York to pursue their art.

They run out of money and each pretends to go to work doing something related to their respective arts.

But, at the end, they both realize they are working in the same laundry instead of doing something related to their specialties.

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