But as far as his future was concerned, his most important visitor was another neighbour, the knowledgeable Old Etonian with the small antique shop round the corner, who had been a friend of Talitha’s. During the sixties, Christopher Gibbs was a well-known figure in Chelsea. Handsome, stylish, and extremely well connected – his father was a banker and his uncle governor of Rhodesia – he was a most unusual character.
