1. We've got water of some kind -- the sound of the loo cistern filling is pretty good to hear this morning.
2. Susan has invited to us a concert in her London club. It's glorious, with high ceilings, a vast marble staircase and ornate tiling and stately, lumbering old-fashioned furniture. Past members look down on us from larger-than-life formal portraits -- some do seem to be challenging our presence, but others seem more benign.
3. A passing French man tells us that we should walk past the no entry sign and look at the pictures if that's what we want to do.
