Natalie

On a night when the day has gone badly and you have no wish to describe why, she is the one to call. Her hour is built on warmth and continuity: the room adjusted first, the bottle kept hot, a glide that does not break, and the discipline to slow down rather than speed up as time runs on. Three languages mean she has spent her life switching registers, and she does the same in a room, reading within a minute whether you want company or quiet. The long bookings come to her far more often than the short ones.

Natalie 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.