 How did Mr. Lane know May Berriman?
PEGGY FINDS THE THEATER I Dramatic Dialogue “Of course, this is no surprise to us,” Thomas Lane said to his daughter Peggy, who perched tensely on the edge of a kitchen stool. Mrs. Lane smiled gently and placed her soft white hand on her daughter’s lean brown one. “None of them is as fascinating as acting to me,” Peggy replied, “and none of them is nearly as important to my life.” You may be one of these girls, and if you are, we want you to be prepared for it. Mr. Lane, seeing Peggy’s hurt look, was quick to step in with reassurance. All I ask is that you finish college and get a teacher’s certificate so that you can always find useful work if you have to. 5 “It seems to me, Tom, that Margaret has a pretty good idea of what she’s doing,” Mrs. Lane said. If she were all starry-eyed and expected to see her name in lights in a few weeks, I’d vote against her going, but I’m beginning to think that maybe she’s right about this being the best time.” “Peg, your mother and I are cautious only because we love you so much and want what’s going to make you happy. Before I came out here to Rockport to edit the Eagle , I worked as a reporter on one of the best papers in New York. 6 Mrs. Lane patted Peggy’s arm and said, “We won’t keep you in suspense long, dear. Ever since she had been a little girl, the barn had been Peggy’s favorite place to go to be by herself and think. Its musty but clean scent of straw and horses and leather made her feel calm and alive. As the little bay horse heard her coming, she stamped one foot and softly whinnied a greeting. As Peggy mixed some oats and barley for her pet and checked to see that there was enough straw in the stall, she thought about her life in Rockport and the new life that she might soon be going to. 7 Rockport, Wisconsin, was a fine place, as pretty a small town as any girl could ask to grow up in. Its 16,500 people supported good schools, an excellent library, and two good movie houses. Peggy had lived all her life here, knew every tree-shaded street, every country road, field, lake, and stream. All of her friends were here, friends she had known since her earliest baby days.
 She was a friend from when he worked in New York.
 She was his former teacher.  She was an old friend of Mrs. Lane.  She was his childhood friend.  She was a friend from when he worked in New York.