Accordingly, the man pays for the entire week in advance, not knowing that he will die there that very evening. Also, the fact that the man, unknown to himself, commits suicide in the same room and in the same manner in which his beloved had killed herself is the biggest irony, as both literally and figuratively speaking, his search for her will never become successful. One does not know what might have been the outcome had he not been in the room or had the housekeeper told him the truth.