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` Oh , ' replied I , ` I am not sure that I shall go to-morrow . ' `` Just at this moment in came the master of the hotel , with the _ Morning Post _ in his hand , making me a low bow , and pointing to the insertion of my arrival at his hotel among the fashionables . This annoyed me ; and now that I found how difficult it was to get rid of my title , I became particularly anxious to be William Chucks , as before . Before twelve o'clock , three or four gentlemen were ushered into my sitting-room , who observing my arrival in that damn 'd _ Morning Post _ , came to pay their respects ; and before the day was over , I was invited and re-invited by a dozen people . `` At last the play was over . I had been enticed by some young men into a gambling-house , where they intended to fleece me ; but , for the first night , they allowed me to win , I think , about 300 pounds . I was quite delighted with my success , and had agreed to meet them the next evening ; but when I was at breakfast , with my legs crossed , reading the _ Morning Post _ , who should come to see me but my guardian uncle .