Highlight a detail that shows what Angelou thinks of the lady. For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line. —I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou Which inference about the lady can be made based on the thoughts of the narrator in this passage? The lady is busy and distracted. The lady is lonely and unhappy. The lady is friendly and compassionate.