She…to my amazement…dropped on her knees at my feet; with her folded hands raised to me in the manner in which, when her poor heart was young and fresh and whole, they must often have been raised to heaven from her mother’s side.
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 49. Miss Havisham is profoundly remorseful for her cruelty to Pip as a boy. Here she dramatically drops to her knees sobbing and clinging to his feet, pleading for forgiveness. The religious-type imagery of her kneeling with hands raised towards heaven underlines the depth of her remorse and need for redemption.