But you are exactly right, MtheGM, it is a repeat of the scene from "Rebecca".

Watching the films in order, many things reappear--the glasses that Midge wore, for instance, appear nearly as often as Hitch himself. Characters recur--Midge, the love struck intellectual who is a bit to clever for own good, seems much reminiscent of Jane Wyman's character in "Stage Fright", and of Diane Baker's character in "Marnie".