The Road to Mandalay

This work tells a captivating tale about a British man who relocated to Burma (Myanmar) during the period leading up to World War I.
Excerpt from "The Road to Mandalay"
""What do you think, Mitty? All the blinds are down at 'Littlecote,'" announced Miss Jane Tebbs, bursting open the drawing-room door and disturbing her sister in a surreptitious game of patience. In well-ordered households the mistress is understood to have various domestic tasks claiming her attention in the morning. Cards should never appear until after sunset."