the last time rutherford saw conway, it seemed he was preparing to return to shangri-la. rutherford tells the neurologist that he tried to follow conway and check his stories of shangri-la. he found the chung-kiang doctor who had treated conway. the doctor said conway had been brought in by a chinese woman who was ill. she soon died. the doctor told rutherford the woman was very old. rutherford thought the old woman was lo-tsen. she had aged quickly after leaving shangri-la.