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They went to Filipov 's , and within two hours Kirillov 's suicide and the letter he had left were known to the whole town . The police came to question Marya Ignatyevna , who was still conscious , and it appeared at once that she had not read Kirillov 's letter , and they could not find out from her what had led her to conclude that her husband had been murdered . She only screamed that if Kirillov was murdered , then her husband was murdered , they were together . Towards midday she sank into a state of unconsciousness from which she never recovered , and she died three days later . The baby had caught cold and died before her . Arina Prohorovna not finding Marya Ignatyevna and the baby , and guessing something was wrong , was about to run home , but she checked herself at the gate and sent the nurse to inquire of the gentleman at the lodge whether Marya Ignatyevna was not there and whether he knew anything about her . The woman came back screaming frantically .