No one ever has, but I suspect that the reply would be something along the lines of "I don't mind you calling me babe, if you don't mind me calling you arsehole."

is a woman of outstanding beauty who is immortal, we think, looking for the reincarnation of her lover so she can make him immortal. It doesn't end well. 1930's ish. Probably mildly racist by modern standards.

it's on Gutenberg as I recall. Haggard used to do quite a good thriller.