The Only Use of
refuge
in
Mansfield Park
- Sir Thomas's sending away his son seemed to her so like a parent's care, under the influence of a foreboding of evil to himself, that she could not help feeling dreadful presentiments; and as the long evenings of autumn came on, was so terribly haunted by these ideas, in the sad solitariness of her cottage, as to be obliged to take daily refuge in the dining-room of the Park.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(refuge) something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place