The vet said it was probably from eating the rotten meat. Well, it was the horses, sir. They'd been rotting for some time after the barn burned down. Your mother's, sir. Oh my Lord.
Mother is dead.
The house is gone, along with the stable. Even my dog is dead. When your wife ran off with the handyman the day after you left, sir. But aside from all that, it's been fairly quiet while you've been away, sir.