 That same day, Profumo wrote Keeler a letter, beginning "Darling ...", cancelling an assignation they had made for the following day.Some commentators have assumed that this letter ended the association; Keeler insisted that the affair ended later, after her persistent refusals to stop living with Ward.In October 1961 Keeler accompanied Ward to Notting Hill, then a run-down district of London replete with West Indian music clubs and cannabis dealers.