Then, in precise and perhaps too accurate English, he said: " I am from the lamasery of Shangri-La" .

然，他用准确的、也许过于准确的英语说：“我来自香格里拉的嘛寺” 。

He never exactly remembered how he and the others arrived at the lamasery, or with what formalities they were received, unroped, and ushered into the precincts.

他永远不记得他和其他人是如何到达嘛寺的，或者他们以何种手续被接待、解开绳索并被引入寺院。

Indeed, we were just about to make our way to your lamasery, so it is doubly fortunate.

事实上，我们正要前往您的嘛寺， 所以这是双倍的幸运。

He was particularly interested, as a student of affairs, in the way the valley population was governed; it appeared, on examination, to be a rather loose and elastic autocracy operated from the lamasery with a benevolence that was almost casual.

作为一名学事务的学生，他对山谷居民的管理方式特别感兴趣。经审，乎是一个相当松散和有弹性的专制政体，由嘛寺以几乎随意的仁慈来运作。

In the last resort the personal servants of the lamasery had power to expel an offender from the valley-though this, which was considered an extreme and dreadful punishment, had only very occasionally to be imposed.

，嘛寺的贴身仆人有权将违规者驱逐出山谷——尽管这被认为是一种极端而可怕的惩罚，只是偶尔才会执行。

Ahead, and only a short distance away, lay the lamasery of Shangri-La.

前方不远处就是香格里拉嘛寺。

For some days now he had been reaching, gradually and tentatively, a curious conclusion about the lamasery and its inhabitants; his brain was still busy with it, though in a deeper sense he was unperturbed.

几天来，他一直在逐渐地、试探性地得出一个关于嘛寺和里面居民的奇怪结论。 他的大脑还在忙碌， 尽管从更深层次的意义上说， 他并没有受到干扰。

Conway answered with suitable politeness and added that he had been surprised to find the lamasery in possession of such a complete library of European composers.

康威礼貌地回答， 并补充说，他很惊讶地发现嘛寺拥有如此完整的欧洲作曲家图书馆。

It had never happened before, he emphasized, since the routine of the lamasery became established; never had the High Lama desired a second meeting until the five years' probation had effected a purge of all the exile's likely emotions.

他强调说，自从嘛寺的例行程序确立以来，这在以前从未发生过；在五年的缓刑期彻底清除流亡者所有可能的情绪之前，高级嘛从未想过第二次会面。

Indeed, when he suggested that they might care to be shown a little more of the lamasery buildings, and that if so, he would be pleased to act as guide, the offer was readily accepted. " Why, surely, " said Barnard.

事实上，当他建议他们可能愿意带他们多参观一些嘛寺建筑， 如果是的话， 他会很乐意担任向导时， 这个提议很容易被接受。“为什么， 当然，” 巴纳德说。

The notion of this strange culture pocket, hidden amongst unknown ranges, and ruled over by some vague kind of theocracy, interested him as a student of history, apart from the curious though perhaps related secrets of the lamasery.

这个奇怪的文化口袋的概念，隐藏在未知的范围内，并由某种模糊的神权政治统治，除了嘛寺的奇怪但可能相关的秘密之外，作为历史学生的他很感兴趣。

It was not a route for the squeamish, but when at last they reached the lower levels of forest and foothill the supreme good fortune of the lamasery was everywhere to be realized.

这条路不适合娇气的人，但当他们终到达森林和山麓的低层时，嘛寺的至高无上的好运随处可见。

All this was for a reason I shall later discuss, but the point is of importance as showing that the lamasery was no longer hospitably indifferent; it had already both a need and a desire for new arrivals.

所有这一切都是有原因的，我稍会讨论，但这一点很重要，因为表明嘛寺不再冷漠好客；已经对新移民有了需求和渴望。

His first encounter was with a genial German named Meister, who had entered the lamasery during the 'eighties, as the survivor of an exploring party.

他第一次遇到一位和蔼可亲的德国人， 名叫梅斯特， 他在八十年代作为探险队的幸存者进入嘛寺。

Only to the lamasery did there appear to be any climbable egress at all.

只有对嘛寺来说， 那里乎根本没有任何可攀爬的出口。