It was so kind of him to come here first and tell her father.
"I really wanted to tell only--YOU, Miss Carter," stammered Barker.

"You see--" he hesitated.

But Miss Kitty saw perfectly.

He wanted to tell HER, and, seeing her, he asked for HER FATHER! Not that it made the slightest difference to her, for her father would have been sure to have told her.

It was also kind of her father to invite him to luncheon.
Otherwise she might not have seen him before he left Boomville.
But this was more than Barker could stand.