Edwards was described as "unusually popular and genial", with a "charming English" wife and a Chinese servant named Charlie who "adores his employers" and had served them for 17 years.
وُصف إدواردز بكونه" عبقرياً ذى شعبية كبيرة" مع زوجته" الساحرة الأنجليزية" وخادمه الصينى المدعو شارلى الذي" يحب أرباب عمله كثيراً" كما خدمهم لمدة 17 عاماً.