So he probably died after getting his head stomped in, that plus the infection he was probably a goner. He doesn't speak up untill the peasants stomp on his head I think
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I kind of interpreted it as her not wanting to spend the rest of the day without him. She already depends on him to a point where she broke down imagining he got out without her. I think for her it was probably easier to jump and go to the next day than to wait doing the same old thing.