was
available
to the new
arrivals.
The fact
that their
curiosities
were
sometimes
unsatisfied
tended to
obscure
the really
vast
quantity
of data
which
Chang was
always
willing to
outpour.
There were
no
secrecies,
for
instance,
about the
customs
and habits
of the
valley
population,
and
Conway,
who was
interested,
had talks
which
might have
been
worked up
into a
quite
serviceable
degree
thesis. He
was
particularly
interested,
as a
