But Harry's love was not to be daunted or quelled by a few sharp words.

I dare say, from what I heard of them afterwards, that Harry accompanied Mr.Horner in his walk over the farm the very day of the rebuke; his presence apparently unnoticed by the agent, by whom his absence would have been painfully felt nevertheless.

That was the way of it, as I have been told.

Mr.Horner never bade Harry go with him; never thanked him for going, or being at his heels ready to run on any errands, straight as the crow flies to his point, and back to heel in as short a time as possible.

Yet, if Harry were away, Mr.Horner never inquired the reason from any of the men who might be supposed to know whether he was detained by his father, or otherwise engaged; he never asked Harry himself where he had been.