Sentence:  'You are most awfully fetching to-night—you look so jolly mysterious somehow,' he said joyously, putting his cheek against hers. 'Give me a kiss, <WSD>wifelet</WSD>.' She gave him one. She would have given him a dozen of the trivial things had he asked for them! Then she laid her hand on his. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A wife.