If I'm reading this guy correctly, that's a 50/50 proposition, at best.
"Just hopeful" is simply another way of saying precisely what I said, but saying it in a way that gives her credit he's clearly demonstrated she doesn't deserve.
I'd be willing to bet if he was explicit with her, she'd try to talk her way around it.
I don't know. In these he said/she said sort of things, I take it with a grain of salt that one person could "clearly demonstrate" anything about the other. The impression I get is that he's confusing her, so maybe he ought to be a little more explicit. I think it might demand too much to ask someone to decipher your "clues". If she still won't talk no for an answer, then I don't think you need to be confused about her either.