He took long stealthy strides. His hands were curiously cold. The suspense became unbearable. Time seemed to him to be crawling with feet of lead, while he by monstrous winds was being swept towards the jagged edge of some black cleft of precipice. He knew what was waiting for him there; saw it, indeed, and, shuddering, crushed with dank hands his burning lids as though he would have robbed the very brain of sight and driven the eyeballs back into their cave…Then, suddenly, time stopped for him. Yes: that blind, slow-breathing thing crawled no more, and horrible thoughts, time being dead, raced nimbly on in front, and dragged a hideous future from its grave, and showed it to him.
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 14. In this classic piece of Gothic writing, Dorian’s sense of terror and horror are vividly brought to life as he waits for scientist Alan Campbell to come to dispose of Basil’s body. Dorian’s conscience troubles him greatly over Basil’s killing. He has a vision of a most terrible future being dragged out of its grave and being shown to him. This foreshadows the death of Dorian.