Talking - like this- all the time

A new character, "the stranger," has appeared, and he speaks entirely in disjointed phrases separated by dashes. It was funny at first, but honestly, it's getting a little old.

But now I'm on to Pickwick's description of a town, which is, of course, actually Dickens's description of the town with a few "(Pickwick wrote)" thrown in. So that's something.