IN this security-conscious age it seems that even bodyguards have bodyguards. In a story that surfaced last week, a woman called Lucy found herself in conversation at a Mid-Levels cocktail party with Mike Ellis, the Governor's aide de camp or ADC.
With his dazzling smile and sleek good looks, Ellis has gathered a considerable fan club, something that has clearly not gone unnoticed by those near to him.
Lucy, who also recognised the ADC as the man who runs bare-chested along Conduit and Kotewall Roads as he enthusiastically trains for marathons, soon became aware of a woman moving into position behind Ellis and giving her a look of such intensity it would have melted steel.
Without acknowledging her, Ellis then moved off to talk to another guest. At that point the woman moved smartly in front of Lucy and began to interrogate her. ''So, are you a runner?'' she inquired with a trace of iron in her tone.
''Uh, no,'' Lucy replied.
''Are you with the Government?'' she continued.
''Uh, no,'' Lucy answered ''Then would you please explain exactly what is your relationship with my husband?'' AFTER last week's item about a kite attacking a cricketer at So Kon Po, there is further news of the species' homicidal tendencies. Reader Jacquelyn Hodkinson revealed how her follically-challenged husband Jeremy went to the Government Stadium shortly before last year's Sevens to see the new structure, only to return with his scalp bleeding profusely.