this quote has been taken from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens this line are spoken by
Pip about Mrs. Havisham's house after he interned Mrs. Havisham' room he saw her wearing
her wedding dress and her jewelry and "bridal flowers in her hair '' she was wearing only one
shoes as if she had not enough time to wear the other which was near the table. the room was
decorated by the wedding decorations but everything was dusty Pip describe that '' everything
within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre and was
faded and yellow ''and he described Mrs . Havisham
the '' bride within the bridal dress had withered like the dress, and like the flowers'' as if time had
stopped when her heart broke.