How is she to blame?
A girl is under no obligation to speak of all the men who have wanted to marry her, provided she has done nothing to be ashamed of.
There's just one bit of insincerity.

It's true she knew of you from me.
But she looked you up because she despaired of finding employment; she was at an end of her money, didn't know what to do.

I have heard this since I saw you last.

It wasn't quite straightforward, but one can forgive it in a girl hard driven by necessity." Narramore was listening with eagerness, his lips parted, and a growing hope in his eyes.
"There never was anything serious between you ?" "On her side, never for a moment.

I pursued and pestered her, that was all." "Do you mind telling me who the girl was that I saw you with at Dudley ?" "A friend of Miss Madeley's, over here from London on a holiday.