La Vie En Rose for 2006 April 21

I had at length accepted the proposal first made to me in the Mosque of Suleimani and repeated in more orthodox surrondings. The main problem was how to carry on my profession so as to fit in with a military career, and the obstacles seemed insurmountable. Clearly, it would be a case of 'never the time and the place and the loved one all together'. Still, if it were undertaken on a day-to-day basis might it not work out in the long run? So we were married in the old, grey city of Edinburgh and set out together upon an uncharted voyage which has not yet come to an end.

Leonard and Sumana are now married. Congratulations. May your obstacles not be insurmountable, and your voyage together joyful.