The Roster · Marylebone · W1U
Liana, reading in Mount Street Gardens
Chestnut hair, a quiet grace and Proust in translation, one volume a season.
Available todayWeeknights, with a day's warning
- Age
- 28
- Height
- 167 cm · 5 ft 6 in
- Hair
- long, straight chestnut brown
- Eyes
- brown
- Figure
- slim
- Languages
- English
- Home district
- Marylebone · W1U, W1G
The full set
Three photographs, all of Liana herself: glamour and lifestyle shots, some with the face softened, none with nudity. Tap any frame for the larger print. How we photograph.
Liana, in brief
Grace is not something Liana performs; it is simply how she moves. She stands 167 cm, slim, with the long and balanced lines that years of pilates leave behind, and her chestnut brown hair runs straight past her shoulders. Steady brown eyes. She dresses softly, in cream, camel and dove grey, fine knitwear with a long skirt, and there is always one detail you notice later: a brooch shaped like a bee, a ribbon tied at the wrist.
Gentle and intuitive, she has an uncanny sense of what a guest needs from an evening, occasionally before he has worked it out himself. Late twenties, and softly spoken: her English is careful, never hurried. French literature has kept her company for years, read in translation, and she has decided views on which translators to trust. Gardening is the quiet pleasure, a small balcony of herbs and climbing roses. Pilates keeps her calm through everything else.
For her the best hour in Mayfair starts in Mount Street Gardens, the hidden green behind the Jesuit church on Farm Street, on a bench with a book while the light fades. The Connaught is two minutes away, and dinner at Hélène Darroze is her notion of a perfect French evening: precise, generous and never showy. She orders slowly and gives every course its due, then likes a gentle walk home along Mount Street, whatever the weather.
Liana lives in Marylebone and prefers calm weeknights arranged the day before. Mayfair is where most of her evenings unfold; send a note through booking and Cressida will keep the date.
The hours, priced
The Society's figures apply to Liana as to everyone on the roster: stated in pounds, given to her yourself at the door, and with her journey inside Zones 1 and 2 already folded in.
| Hour | Length | Fee | Suits | Enquire |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:00 | One hourThe introduction | £600 | Long enough for a glass at the bar and a proper conversation, and a gentle way to begin. | Enquire |
| 23:00 | Ninety minutesThe nightcap | £900 | The hour with room left over for a second glass and an unhurried goodbye. | Enquire |
| 21:00 | Two hoursThe long drink | £1,100 | An evening in, or an opening two streets away, without anyone glancing at a watch. | Enquire |
| 22:00 | Three hoursThe second act | £1,500 | Supper somewhere small, then the remainder of the evening at a pace you set together. | Enquire |
| 20:00 | Four hoursThe table for two | £1,800 | Shaped around a single good table, from the first course to the last car home. | Enquire |
| 00:00 | Ten hoursUntil morning | £3,000 | From the first glass of the evening to breakfast in the suite. Ask a day ahead where you can. | Enquire |
| Fri | Two nights or moreThe weekend away | from £6,000 | In London or further afield, with one figure for the whole stay once the dates are fixed. | Enquire |
Past Zone 2, airports and changes of plan: Rates
Liana, after dark
Liana suits a guest who is weary of noise. She meets you at seven somewhere with soft lighting and good chairs, and within ten minutes the tension of the day has quietly left the table. Dinner is French and unhurried, a run of small courses with a wine she asks the sommelier to choose. She talks about the novel on her bedside table, about Colette's gardens and the roses on her own balcony, about why a slow evening may be the most generous thing one person can offer another. She listens even better than she talks, and she remembers details. Afterwards, a short walk beneath the plane trees, then a last glass in the quietest corner of your hotel. Nothing about her is rushed.
Liana answers
Maupassant. The stories are short enough to finish between stations and sharp enough to think about for the rest of the journey.
Rosemary, thyme and patience. Roses too, if you talk to them, and I do, quite a lot. The balcony faces west, so the roses sulk until noon.
Entirely. I cannot slouch any more, which is inconvenient in the cinema and marvellous in a restaurant.
Remarks in the book
The page is still blankNo remarks have been entered for Liana yet. When a guest writes something worth keeping, and she agrees, it appears here beneath the guest's first name, with the month set beside it. Nothing on this page is ever composed by the Society.
Entered only after Cressida has read them · signed with a first name and the month only · withdrawn whenever Liana asks
A line for Liana
Liana is already named. Fill in the brackets, send it, and Cressida answers every line in a single reply.
Good evening Cressida. May I book Liana for [length] on [date], from [time]? I shall be at [hotel name], and will pass on the room number once you confirm.
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From After Dark Notes
- 5 min readThe three hour dinner: pacing each course so the talk never runs dryThree hours sounds long until the first course arrives. How the unabridged dinner is paced, which subjects suit which course, and how to ask a kitchen to slow down politely.
- 6 min readSide doors, quiet lifts and unlisted floors: the hidden plan of a grand London hotelGrand hotels are built with more than one door, lifts that answer to a key and floors the buttons leave out. What each one is for, and why the Society still prefers the front door.
Send word about Liana
Mention Liana by name and the evening you have in mind. If she is spoken for, Cressida will say so plainly and suggest someone close in spirit.