Sentence:  In my old home, I always knew that John and my master were my friends; but here, although in many ways I was well treated, I had no friend. York might have known, and very likely did know, how that rein <WSD>harassed</WSD> me; but I suppose he took it as a matter of course that could not be helped; at any rate nothing was done to relieve me. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To annoy endlessly or systematically; to molest.