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Chase of the White Hare.
"Hark, forward, forward; holla ho!" The next morning our friend Harry appeared at the breakfast table rather paler than usual, and in one of his most abstracted moods; for it may be said here that the frequent occurrence of such moods had not escaped the observation of his family, especially of his step-father, in whose good grace, it so happened, that he was not improving.

One cause of this was his supercilious, or, rather, his contemptuous manner towards his admirable and affectionate brother.

He refused to associate with him in his sports or diversions; refused him his confidence, and seldom addressed him, except in that tone of banter which always implies an offensive impression of inferiority and want of respect towards the object of it.

After breakfast the next morning, his father said to Charles, when the other members of the family had all left the room,-- "Charley, there is something behind that gloom of Harry's which I don't like.