Perhaps the sudden popularity of the trespasser with all the other members of the family had something to do with Kit's stand against him.

Even Helen had remarked that she didn't see how on earth Kit could ever have imagined a person looking like Mr.Howard could be a berry hooker.
"I don't want you to forgive me," she said, calmly.

"I've never been one bit sorry for it.

I think you ought to have come up to the house and asked permission to go in there.

And you never said that you were sorry.