As she wrote in Dr. Lan: "The Consulate sedan chair manned by four Chinese in British naval uniform arrived to convey me to the wedding. I seated myself in the open rattan armchair [and] was hoisted high into the air. Jogging up and down, veil floating in the breeze, I was swung smiling along the lines of goggle-eyed schoolgirls."
迎娶的方式採中式，連瑪玉在其著《蘭醫生》書中寫道：「四位著海軍制服的中國轎夫將我抬至婚禮現場，我端坐在藤製轎子裡由轎夫們高舉至空中，面紗隨風飄揚，面帶微笑地通過那群目不轉睛的隊伍… …」