Well, hadn't I a right to do so ?" "Of course you had," Patty replied, with emphasis.

"And she knew it must come.

She never really thought that she could marry Mr.Narramore.
She gave him no promise." "Only corresponded with him, and made appointments with him, and allowed him to feel sure that she would be his wife." "Eve has behaved very strangely.

I can't understand her.

She ought to have told you that she had been to see him, and that he wrote to her.
It's always best to be straightforward.