Sometimes the pace of central London can be almost overwhelming. Life strides. People press. The main roads breathe in fast, thick pants.
But veer off at just the right trajectory, and barely a hundred paces on the noise simply stops. It's the way Londoners do it, of course: escape the hubbub into a residential reverie of local merchants, privet hedgerows, and a great wide calm.
But then, they know where to look.
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