A woman of action

     "What did you do?"
     "I didn't do anything."
     "I'd have busted him one." Mr. Carlisle could well believe it. Impulsiveness and a sturdy belief in direct action were the leading features of his mate's interesting character. Some time had passed since the incident had occurred, and the bump had gone down now, but there still remained green in his memory the occasion when a fancied misdemeanor on his part had led her to hit him on the back of the head with a large vase containing gladioli. It had, in his opinion, spoiled the honeymoon.

(from Cocktail Time, by Sir Pelham Wodehouse)