Do you think the events of the story "Young Goodman Brown" were a dream?

From the
context of the story, there is no definitive way to tell whether or not the events in the forest
are a dream. 

Had goodman Brown fallen asleep in the
forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting? 

Be it so, if you
will. But, alas! it was a dream of evil omen for a young goodman Brown. 

"Be it so, if you will." This implies that it is open to
interpretation. The reader must answer the question. Was it a dream? "Be it so, if you
(reader) will." It is quite persuasive that it is a dream, based on the following
line: 

A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a
distrustful, if not a...