“By the way, you have a fine ass. Sir.”

“You have a gorgeous ass, and it holds handprints beautifully.”Oh, well, how nice for me.”

“the easiest way to keep a woman over your shoulder is with a hand on her ass, and the other between her legs.”

“You spanked me,” she told him.“I did.” He lifted her shoulders high enough to push a wedge pillow under the pad. “And I enjoyed it very much. You have a very spankable ass, no?”

“What the heck kind of name was Sir?”

“That's a dumb-ass idea." She was too angry to curb her mouth. "You're a dumb-ass." She tried to kick and got nowhere. "Even Jesus thinks you're a dumb-ass.”

“You dumb-ass ape, get your hand off me. What—are you the first in your family to be born without a tail?”