Hey, who's that guy out front of Marion's office with the cowboy hat? It's Alfred Hitchcock.
(Because pudgy Brits always wear cowboy hats.)
Marion comes in to the real estate office where she works as a secretary. She talks to another secretary, Caroline (who's played by Alfred Hitchcock's daughter).
The two women chat; the boss isn't back yet. Marion says she has a headache.
Caroline reports that Marion's sister called and is in Tucson on business. (Plot point. The sister, Lila, will show up later.)
Marion's boss, Lowery, and a client, Cassidy, come in from a late lunch. Cassidy is a bit drunk.
Cassidy's daughter is getting married; he's buying her a house with $40,000. (That's a big chunk o' change in today's dollars: almost 400,000.)
He tells Marion all about it, even though she doesn't much care. He's kind of creepy and flirtatious. Ick.
Lowery is worried about having all that money out.
He tells Marion to take it and put it in the safe deposit box at the bank.
Marion comes in and asks if she can take off work after depositing the money.