In this conversation, Ana explains certain public confidence, in which she does not ask any questions to substantiate her claim, the fourth option offered is excluded. She does not deny the existing ideas, because she only lists the facts in the article, which excludes the first option. She does not synthesize all the existing claims, since she alleges all the claims and possibilities with the same probability, and the third option is excluded. Anna simply lists all the evidence to support the claims and conclusions,
I think it might be D), but im unsure. It just seams to fit the theme of how <span>Nick said "</span>The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East."