A Jordaan flat, French and English, and an evening shaped around whichever of the two of you is still working in the morning.

The difference between an evening that helps and one that costs you a morning is mostly the start time, and she will argue for the earlier of two. Twenty-four, blonde, and untroubled by a couple who have decided nothing beyond the date. French and English are both available, with no ceremony about which is in use. She works mostly in the small streets she lives among, where the buildings are old and sound carries, so a quiet evening is habit rather than effort. A booking made more than twenty-four hours ahead confirms with half the fee, and that half comes back whole if the agenda collapses with a day to spare.

Chloe decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.