Chapter 11 Summary

Mallinson is very excited and agitated. The porters are coming. He wants Conway to pack up so they can leave. Conway asks Mallinson what they will do if the porters won't take them. Mallinson says that the porters have already been paid in advance. Lo-Tsen arranged it, and she is coming with them. Mallinson explains that Miss Brinklow helped him translate a conversation with Lo-Tsen. The lama wants to go with them. She is young, and this place is evil and dark. Mallinson thinks Shangri-La has had a terrible effect on Conway. He is losing his heroic qualities and becoming passive and stodgy.

Conway replies by telling Mallinson everything he knows about Shangri-La. He explains that Lo-Tsen is really an old woman who will become her true age when she leaves this strange place. Mallinson thinks Conway is out of his mind. He...