Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: Another new friend comes in the form of Miss Margaret Larner , who he later discovers to be the `` torch '' who helped him to be born so many years ago , and with whom he has been strangely linked since that day .
Simplified: Another new friend comes in the form of Miss Peggy Larner , who he later finds out that she is the `` torch '' who helped him to be born so many years ago , and with whom he has been linked to since that day .