I took note of the surrounding objects in detail, and saw that her watch had stopped at twenty minutes to nine, and that a clock in the room had stopped at twenty minutes to nine. “Look at me,” said Miss Havisham. “You are not afraid of a woman who has never seen the sun since you were born?”
– Charles Dickens
Great Expectations, Chapter 8. Satis House is the once grand and now decaying mansion where time has stood still for years. When Miss Havisham’s wedding plans collapsed, she hid herself away there wearing her wedding clothes. Trapped in an emotional time warp, she stopped all the clocks at the precise time her fiancé stood her up at the altar.