Vivien is hanging laundry when she is approached by Moira O'Hara, an older woman in traditional French maid's uniform and who was the housekeeper for the previous owners. Moira's intimate knowledge of the house on how to care for it and its history leads Vivien to hire Moira as a housekeeper. Ben meets Moira in the kitchen, but he perceives her as a seductive, young woman in a much more revealing version of the same attire.