as he was being recalled to the uk for an indefinite length of time , he explained , it would be inappropriate for his sister to remain in the residence , and before i could offer her my bed hospitality jeremy asked if he could dump her on me at el campo , although he put it a bit more diplomatically than that , and would it be too much of an inconvenience if she could chat occasionally to him on a secure line , just to keep her up to date with things - i believe your lady s has one : now that was news to me .