Betsy lives in the old centre, close enough to Rembrandtplein that she hears last rounds being called on a summer night. That closeness is useful, and it is also why she asks a guest to be back in his room before she leaves, since a corridor at one in the morning is no place to wait. She speaks Czech and English and keeps both brief when a guest is tired. Soapy and body-to-body sessions are her usual choice, and she decides on the night what the hour will hold. Twenty-three, and unbothered by a late confirmation.

Betsy 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.