Horrible Homonym

In N or M? by Agatha Christie, one of the characters says, "There's a kind of age-long humor about the chased male." Well, I don't find it very funny. Then again, I'm not being chas....

Uh-oh. Hang on a minute.

Here's my problem: I must have thought you said chaste.

That brings to mind the line by Dan Fielding on Night Court. "When you said you enjoy being chaste, I thought you meant around the sofa!"