Mr. Hastings, she said, "do you think I and my husband are happy together?" I was considerably taken aback, and murmured something about it's not being my business to think anything of the sort. 
She asked me whether I thought that she and her husband had a good marriage, and I was greatly taken aback.
She asked me whether I really thought she and her husband were happy together - joking around, as usual.
A water skier is swimming in the water
Cyclists push hard to cross the finish line.
Her husband had no street named for him.
Most of us want to be left alone, we value our freedom.
Adrin stayed in bed all morning long.
A group of young adults are talking and smiling.