"Quite a few, actually," Childermass states with a complete and utter belief that, yes, they will, just with a more careful choice of words. Not that he would care about their opinions, regardless of what size his wife may or may not be. Lambert pretending to be his wife, though?

Yeah, it's still an image he's having trouble swallowing, which isn't going to help with giving Lambert less ammo to pick on him with here.

"I'm not even sure there are corsets your size."