Coquette (1929)
Vera Lewis: Miss Jenkins
Quotes
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Miss Jenkins : [Talking to Stanley] And the doctor wore rubber gloves, the kind I wear when I wash dishes on the maid's night out.
[Stanely sees Norma motioning to him, and he abruptly leaves the conversation]
Norma Besant : [Stanley and Norma dance for *literally* two seconds] Oh, wasn't that just wonderful?
Stanley Wentworth : Yes, wasn't it?
Norma Besant : Let's go out and get some fresh air, Stanley.
Stanley Wentworth : I need it.
[as the pair pass Miss Jenkins, still standing where she was when Stanley left her]
Stanley Wentworth : Pardon me, Miss Jenkins, I enjoyed your operations very much.
Miss Jenkins : Oh.
Stanley Wentworth : [as Norma and Stanely emerge outside] If I have to hear that story once more, I'll be operating on Miss Jenkins in my sleep.