anchor: 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. 
positive: She asked me whether I thought that she and her husband had a good marriage, and I was greatly taken aback.
negative: She asked me whether I really thought she and her husband were happy together - joking around, as usual.