[3] Maurice Collis, a colonial judge and author, wrote in his 1938 book Trials in Burma of receiving a call from Ma Lat in 1928: "She sat on the sofa, a beautiful woman, in a blue silk skirt and a jacket of white lawn, her complexion corn-coloured, her eyes large and brilliant, and with exquisite hands."

Crown Prince Wilhelm, after meeting her at the Allahabad Club, described her as the most "striking woman" he had met during his Far Eastern tour.

[4] Prince Sidkeong Tulku Namgyal, son of the King of Sikkim, and Ma Lat began a regular correspondence.

[citation needed] In December 1914, Sidkeong was found dead in his bedroom, apparently of heart failure, aged 35, in what the British described as "mysterious circumstances".

[5][6] On 19 October 1921, Ma Lat married Herbert Bellamy, a horse breeder and bookmaker of Bombay, Calcutta, Batavia and Singapore.