Partners in business , the two women lead entwined lives , yet Beavers 's character remains stoically subservient , a point that Stahl elegantly reinforces when the characters , sharing an East Side town house in Manhattan with a Woody Allen view of the Queensborough Bridge , say good night : Colbert climbs the grand staircase to her upper-story bed chamber , while Beavers descends to her windowless room in the basement .