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44returned to Rangoon <strong>at</strong> the end of a week and settled down in our very comfortablebungalow.Above is the wedding of Be<strong>at</strong>rice Man and James Adam. From left to right: Dorothy Man, Edward GarnetMan, Harry Man, Mrs. Edward Garnet Man, the two men standing have not been identified, the bridesmaidis Jocelyn Man and the page Cecil Goss.After we married I resigned the mastership of the hunt, gave up polo and instead weplayed tennis or bo<strong>at</strong>ed on the lake or went for a ride or drive. We were invited to a longsuccession of dinner parties <strong>at</strong> which Bea as a bride took precedence.We liked our little bungalow "Garden Lodge" as it <strong>was</strong> called. It <strong>was</strong> a one-storiedbungalow raised about four and a half feet from the ground on teak pillars. One nightabout midnight we heard a gre<strong>at</strong> commotion under the house, banging of the pillars andshouting. I got out of bed and went out to see wh<strong>at</strong> <strong>was</strong> wrong. It <strong>was</strong> so dark I could notsee anything but still the banging went on. I made my way towards the noise andstumbled on a drunken "Tommy". When he saw me he cried out "Oh tell me where I am.Tell me where I am". He had evidently been on his way home to barracks and had missedhis way and stumbled into our compound and so under the house and got mixed up withthe pillars. I got him out and put him on his way to barracks where I presume he arrivedsafely.A month or two after our wedding the Man's eldest son Garnet arrived from Canada,whither he had gone to learn farming in Manitoba, but it <strong>was</strong> a hard and rough life andhis health had broken down. He <strong>was</strong> now <strong>at</strong> a loose end and they did not know wh<strong>at</strong> to dowith him so I offered to take him into partnership; he to do the Rice-brokering and I theExchange broking part of the business. So the firm of Adam & Man <strong>was</strong> started. I also <strong>at</strong>this time bought a mill for crushing and selling horse food. It turned out very successfullyand made a welcome addition to our income.Mr. Man went for a trip by himself to India and in his absence Jo became seriously ill. AtMrs. Man's request I agreed to take her and Bea to Ceylon for the benefit of the seavoyageand change of clim<strong>at</strong>e. Jo <strong>was</strong> so ill I had to carry her on board. <strong>The</strong> sea voyagerevived her a bit and we took rooms in the Mount Lavinia Hotel a few miles from
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