Sunday, March 16th., Cadogan Square, London.
Looking out this afternoon and evening through window of back room 2nd floor at 21a Sloane Street. The whole of the old garden or back yard space between Sloane Street and Pavilion Road is built over with annexes to houses, low, chiefly covered with lead, and probably workshops or additional offices. There is no open ground at all, so that the houses might as well be 'back to back' houses. I wonder what goes on in them? There may be brothels or opium dens for all I know. Quite possibly there are interconnections - perfect for the criminal! I suppose that ultimately all the open ground in central London will be built over.
Quiet at the back though, in contrast to the front where the thunder of traffic is nearly continuous even on a Sunday. However you get used to even that. 'Musicians' play in Sloane Street practically all day weekdays. No use trying to get them to go away. The Sloane Street musician is of course the result of the Sloane Street shoppers' (largely women) generosity to itinerant beggars in the form of bad musicians. What a life they must lead. Where do they go at night? Perhaps into hidden corners of the annexes that cover what were open spaces behind the houses!
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