Oud-Zuid is where Beatrice sets out from, a short ride from the halls where the city's concerts and plays let out. She is used to a message written in the interval and another sent as the audience stands, and she times her own journey from the confirmation, never from the first line. Italian and English both serve her at the door. Erotic oil and slow sensual work are her preference after a performance, when a guest has sat still for three hours and wants no hurry. She names her limits before anything else, in ordinary words, and they stay put.

Beatrice 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.