"Get the lowdown" means get information ABOUT not, from. When someone does something out of pity, it's because you feel sorry for that person. I'm not sure what sort of "call" she means.
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Grammar GeekDo you know who Dudley Do Right was? (For that reference?)I read on him at Wikipedia.