At the Hudson estate, exhausted maids complain about 8-to-8 shifts as Ms. Steward scolds one and threatens dismissal. Old Mrs. Hudson personally hired four maids; pay is 40,000 and their duty is to care for Xavier and Ms. Steward. Later a woman returns late and hungry; the staff take shifts, Molly offers to make noodles and tells them to rest after 10 p.m. One maid vows to tell Old Mrs. Hudson, then wakes on the bathroom floor and angrily confronts Molly, shouting, "I'm going to kill you!" The complaint now hangs over the household.