only 1 use
- Is it not possible that his wife is a lunatic, that he desires to keep the matter quiet for fear she should be taken to an asylum, and that he humours her fancies in every way in order to prevent an outbreak?Adventure XII — The Adventure of the Copper Beeches (29% in)
There are no more uses of "asylum" in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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