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I bet (and I am not a betting person) that if I called Ray tomorrow and asked him about the reference to this lady, he would say "How am I supposed to know? I just write what my mind and my muses tell me to write."

Anyway, I have asked him similar questions on like subjects only to get a response that is less than satisfactory. But, who knows, he may have quite a bit to say about it.

I don't know, but a quick run through "Lost Horizon" with Ronald Coleman might provide the answer.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029162/

“Lost Horizon” was written by James Hilton in 1933. It preceded another book of his called “Goodbye Mr. Chips”.

The women in question was a Chinese girl named Lo-Tsen. And it breaks my heart when I think of her final deed.

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“’Oh, no, she was most old—most old of any one I have ever seen.’” – James Hilton

Great book, great movie - Edward Everett Horton in a kimono! (or whatever that was)