 Why did Linton spend time in an asylum?
"The man who isn't Snead is leaving," Linton said, describing the scene over Howell's shoulder. Even after they had let him out of the asylum as cured, he still secretly believed he had known a genuine affection for her. Linton asked, thinking: God? The charges, if any, come under general vice classification." "They didn't talk much about white slavery in Victorian England. The opposite of 'live' these days is 'video-taped.'" "I take you out to dinner to console you over the loss of your wife a half a year ago, and to make you feel welcome back to the society of your fellows after being in the hospital for a nervous breakdown.
 he committed murder
 he invested in bad stocks  he committed murder  suffers from delusions and hallucinations  his wife died from cancer