Mayfair after eight

Mayfair after eight is quieter than the streets look in the afternoon. The hotels on Park Lane already have their evening arrivals, and a flat on a side street off Mount Street is a short walk if the address is precise and a long one if it is only the square. Cars sit on double yellows for a minute and then move, so a meeting at the hotel door is simpler than a meeting at a corner. The evening here is arranged before it starts, not invented on the pavement.

A louder start is a night that starts in Soho. The walk down to the river is Covent Garden to the river.