The first morning of rehearsals for
Little Women,
Don brings
Evelyn half a grapefruit and a cigarette: breakfast in bed. She’s charmed by the gesture. Her maid,
Paula, is cleaning the bedroom, and Evelyn notices her picking the cigarette butt off the duvet. Her room’s a mess. She asks Paula to continue cleaning later. She doesn’t want to get dressed in front of her, because then she’ll see the bruise on her ribs that she got when Don pushed her down the stairs a week ago. A moment later, Paula comes back in, and Evelyn snaps at her.