Clara is based in the Centrum and knows the difference a canal can make to a taxi route after midnight. She speaks Hungarian and English. She likes to offer soapy sessions and erotic oil, and a working bathroom is all she asks of the room. At twenty-two she is quick to reply and quick to settle a time. She would rather hear that a guest is back than knock on an empty room. A soapy session with her is planned at ninety minutes, because the time under the water cannot be hurried and should never feel raced. The soap is worked into a thick lather first, the water is kept hot, and the move to the bed is made while the skin is still warm. Leaving the Centrum once a time is settled, she reaches the door forty to sixty minutes later, which gives a guest in a taxi enough margin to arrive before her.

Clara 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.