Chapter 22: XXI

XXI In which the old man launches forth into his favourite theme, and relates a story about a queer client. “Aha!” said the old man, a brief description of whose manner and appearance concluded the last chapter, “aha! who was talking about the inns?” “I was, Sir,” replied Mr. Pickwick—“I was observing what singular old places they are.” “You!” said the old man contemptuously. “What do you know of the time when young men shut themselves up in those lonely rooms, and read and read, h…