Chapter 12: XI

XI Involving another journey, and an antiquarian discovery; recording Mr. Pickwick’s determination to be present at an election; and containing a manuscript of the old clergyman’s. A night of quiet and repose in the profound silence of Dingley Dell, and an hour’s breathing of its fresh and fragrant air on the ensuing morning, completely recovered Mr. Pickwick from the effects of his late fatigue of body and anxiety of mind. That illustrious man had been separated from his friends and foll…