" I think she's pulling your leg about something. She's a married girl, isn't she?'
'Yes.'
'I thought she was. You'd never know it. If I was her husband, I'd smack her behind... How about you?'
'Yes, I'd smack it too.'
He drew in his lower lip in a silent guffaw. 'No, I mean, have you got a chap? Is that what she's smiling at? He's going to come and black my eye for me, is he? "

― Sarah Waters , The Paying Guests