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Besides , there would be obstacles . Her aunt would dislike such a marriage for him , and he would be bound to obey her aunt in such a matter . She would not allow herself to think that she could ever become Brooke 's wife , but nothing could rob her of the treasure of the offer which he had made her . Then Martha came to her at five o'clock , and she went to her bed to dream for an hour or two of Brooke Burgess and her future life . On the next morning she met him at breakfast . She went down stairs later than usual , not till ten , having hung about her aunt 's room , thinking that thus she would escape him for the present . She would wait till he was gone out , and then she would go down .