Both Uses of
refuge
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Jekyll was now my city of refuge; let but Hyde peep out an instant, and the hands of all men would be raised to take and slay him.†
p. 99..9 *
- Half an hour from now, when I shall again and for ever re-indue that hated personality, I know how I shall sit shuddering and weeping in my chair, or continue, with the most strained and fear-struck ecstasy of listening, to pace up and down this room (my last earthly refuge) and give ear to every sound of menace.†
p. 108..7
Definition:
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(refuge) something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place