Mallinson, after the first novelty had worn off, found himself no less fatigued than on many sight-seeing excursions at lower altitudes; the lamas, he feared, were not likely to be his heroes.
Shangri-La was always tranquil, yet always a hive of unpursuing occupations; the lamas lived as if indeed they had time on their hands, but time that was scarcely a featherweight.
" This lama business may be all right for an old fellow like Chang, but what's the attraction in it for a girl? How long has she been here, I wonder" ?
Suddenly Miss Brinklow came to life out of a mute preoccupation. " Aren't you going to show us the lamas at work" ? she fluted, in the tone which one felt had intimidated many a Cook's man.