He had been almost obsessively heat and tidy.his garden tools were wiped after use and carefully put away his kitchen had been painted and was clean and ordered Yet he had abandoned his digging less than two feet from the end of a row; had left the uncleaned fork in the earth; had dropped his gardening shoes casually at the back door. He had apparently burnt all his papers before killing himself, yet he had left his coffee mug unwashed. He had made himself a stew for his supper which he hadn't touched.