I think this is the answer:
Of course, I knew what they were referring to, but I wasn’t even vaguely engaged. The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East. You can’t stop going with an old friend on account of rumors, and on the other hand, I had no intention of being rumored into marriage.
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Primary resource means when it come directly from the person who witness the situation for example in a court Room there’s a typer who types every word that’s being said in the court room
The answer would be letter B