Italian and English, a Jordaan base, and the therapist couples book when the free evening turns out to be the first one.

Landing on a Sunday with the work starting on Monday leaves one usable evening at the front of a trip, and she is often asked to fill it. Italian and English are both hers, with no fuss about which is in use. Twenty-seven, and good with two people who have been travelling since dawn and are not yet sure whether they want an hour or two. Her part of town is a short ride from almost anywhere central, and the arrival window is forty to sixty minutes once the hour is agreed. What a session includes is her call, and she says where the edges are before it begins.

Rita 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.