ending is that the narrator hangs herself at the end of the story when John finds her. This is one of the things John wanted to prevent from happening. It is possible that John faints and she leaves him, but I do not think that is possible. The narrator is not a strong enough woman to do that. Her character has been built up to show that she is the subservient woman whose options are limited by the dominance of a man. Consequently, her only outlet is to commit suicide by hanging herself. It was her destiny because of her limited options which being a woman of the eighteen hundreds entails....
