5 on file
Athletic, as the house uses the word, is not a measurement taken at a gym. It describes five women whose build comes from something they do, and whose energy runs from a morning walk to a late table without visible effort.
Angelika plays tennis most mornings. Laura rides in Hyde Park and skis whenever winter allows. Sonya has been at the barre since childhood and still takes class twice a week. Nora and Tina both trained in fashion design, and both bring a brisk, restless energy to an evening.
Membership follows the facts in each file, nothing looser. Every companion here travels to hotels and residences across central London.
Each of the five has a favourite address within a quarter of an hour of Albemarle Street, which makes this the easiest page to plan on foot. Nora begins beneath the glass roof of the Burlington Arcade. Angelika is next door at the Royal Academy before the galleries close. Sonya's choice is Wiltons, on Jermyn Street, in St James's. Laura favours Murano on Queen Street, west of Dover Street. Tina goes down to Bar Américain on Sherwood Street, just past the Circus.
Angelika: 172 cm, brown eyed, her black hair long and dead straight, a Mayfair resident. Laura: 169 cm, light brown hair, green eyes, based in Paddington. Nora: 166 cm, honey blonde, hazel eyes, also in Paddington. Sonya: 162 cm, dark brown hair drawn back, hazel eyes, at home in Knightsbridge. Tina: the smallest at 158 cm, espresso brown hair, living in Covent Garden.
Each has a quieter side, and it is usually the better subject at dinner. Angelika has serious views on contemporary painting and a weakness for live jazz. Laura keeps a pencilled map of northern Italian villages and means to reach every one. Sonya meditates each morning and collects small bottles of scent. Nora buys armfuls of flowers on Columbia Road on Sunday mornings. Tina orders her soul and disco by mood and is on the third volume of a notebook of cocktail recipes.
Laura is the name on this page Octavia proposes most for the travel companion. She travels with one bag, reads a map like a navigator and treats a departure time as a promise. For a weekend away, Laura and Nora are both among the companions suggested for extended engagements, from £6,000.
Angelika and Sonya prefer to stay in town, where their evenings are built around a gallery and a formal dining room respectively. Tina is happiest within reach of a good cocktail bar, and Nora within reach of good champagne.
If the day involves anything active, a long walk across the royal parks, a morning on the river, a match to watch, put it in the first line. Octavia will say which of the five would enjoy it most, and why.
Sonya and Tina are also petite. Angelika is both statuesque and raven haired. Nora wears the honey shade among the blondes, and Laura, Sonya and Tina are brunettes. By decade the five spread across all three pages: Angelika is in her early twenties, Sonya in her thirties, and Laura, Nora and Tina in their late twenties. Every hour begins at £600; rates has the rest and booking reaches Octavia.
Mention the companion who caught your eye, or describe the evening instead. Octavia knows who is free tonight and who suits a long table.
