She says she just finished washing her hands.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Tingler (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:10:20 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- I'd like to see some of the old Charlie Chaplin films again.
- We show them once a year. I'll let you know.
- That's my wife. Never mind. She'll come in here.
- She has to wash her hands first.
- Martha? This is Doctor Warren Chapin.
- She says she just finished washing her hands.
- She's deaf and dumb. She can read lips if you talk straight to her.
- How do you do, Mrs. Higgins?
- She says to excuse her, but she never shakes hands. People's hands have germs, she says.
- She can't make a sound, she can't hear a sound.
- None.
[...]