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From THAT vice he is certainly free . '' `` By G-d , I do n't know that ! He refused me the money ; refused to go with me . I saw him at eight o'clock , at his own room , where he was rigging himself out for some d -- d tea-drinking ; told him my straits , my losses , my object and all ; and what was his plea , think you ? Why , he disapproved of gambling ; could n't think of lending me a sixpence for any such purpose ; and , as for going into such a suspected quarter as a gambling-house -- would n't do it for the world ! Was there ever such a puritan -- such a humbug ! '' I did William Edgerton only justice in my reply ; -- `` I 've no doubt , Kingsley , that such are his real principles .