 Why did Mrs. Lane give up her dream of singing?
Mrs. Lane smiled gently and placed her soft white hand on her daughter’s lean brown one. And of course, all of this was in addition to the usual growing-up pleasures of swimming and sailing, movie dates, and formal dances—everything that a girl could want. It would be hard to leave them, she knew, but there was no doubt in her mind that she was going to do so. It was not any dissatisfaction with her life, her friends, or her home that made Peggy want to leave Rockport. Or would it be something different, something like the dreary side-street world of failure and defeat that she had also seen in movies?
 She didn’t believe she could be good at it and gave up.
 She didn’t have time to study and practice.  She didn’t believe she could be good at it and gave up.  Her parents didn’t allow her to continue.  She got married and had a child.