Kate begins to feel an attraction towards Philip Broome, who is clearly a much more solid character than his cousin Torquil. But she feels that Philip may think poorly of her and that he feels that she is a "hanger on" of Lady Broome's.
She is aware that as a penniless girl, it is unlikely that a man of her own class would want to marry her.. and that as a girl who has not many accomplishments, she will not be likely to get a good job as a governess..
Lady Broome begins to hint that marriage to Torquil would be a solution to her problems.. Kate is not sure why her aunt is willing to allow her only son to marry a girl who does not have grand connections or a fortune but concludes that Lady Broome is a controlling mother and wants to continue as an active mistress of Staplewood. So she hopes to marry her son off to a girl who is not willing to argue with her and will let her go on ruling the house and estate, rather than choosing an heiress.
Kate indicates that she does not love Torquil and would not be happy to make a marriage of convenience to him....
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