A SHORT WALK FROM HARRODS
Forced to return to London because of his manager and his partner's rapidly deteriorating health, Bogarde learned to re-adapt to life in the west London neighbourhoods that groomed him as an aspiring young actor. With his fame fading and his descent into old age, the entire process had become rather difficult to endure. He writes of stalking the streets like an apologetic turtle and avoiding society, announcing that he would, from then on, only do matinees because he is too tired to go out in the evenings.