Celeste has carried enough luggage up Jordaan staircases to know what they ask of a visitor's back and calves. She lives in the neighbourhood, among the narrow streets west of the Prinsengracht, and she is used to rooms reached by four steep flights of stairs. Sensual massage is her preferred format for a first visit, slow and warm, with the guest deciding how much he wants to talk. Portuguese and English are what she speaks on a booking. At twenty-three she is easy to be around and precise about her limits, which she names at the door.

Celeste 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.