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あまりなじみの無い単語・熟語をちょっと解説。
Seven Years in Tibet :
Internment-36That was my undoing. As I came around a heap of boulders, I found myself right under the houses of a village, in front of which stood a swarm of gesticulating people. The place was wrongly indicated on my map, and as I had twice lost my way during the night, my pursuers had had time to come up with me. I was at once surrounded and summoned to surrender, after which I was led into a house and offered refreshment.
Here I met for the first time with the real Tibetan nomads, who wander into India with their flocks of sheep and loads of salt and return laden with barley. I was offered Tibetan butter tea with tsampa, the staple food of these people on which later I lived for years. My first contact with it affected my stomach most disagreeably.
I spent a couple of nights in this village, which was called Nelang, playing vaguely with the idea of another attempt to escape, but I was physically too tired and mentally too despondent to translate my thoughts into action.
The return journey, in comparison with my previous exertions, seemed a pleasure trip. I did not have to carry a pack and was very well looked after. On the way I met Marchese, who was staying as a guest with the forest officer in his private bungalow. I was invited to join them. And what was my astonishment when a few days later, two other escaped members of our company in the POW camp were brought in - Peter Aufschnaiter, my comrade on the Nanga Parbat Expedition, and a certain Father Calengberg.
That：前章の最後の内容を指します。具体的には、So I marched on carefree, even after daylight had come.
undoing：破滅のもと
came around：迂回した
a heap of：山ほどの、たくさん
boulders：丸石、大きな石
right：ちょうど、まさに
under：〜の中に、という意味だと思います
which：a villageを指します
a swarm of：群れ
gesticulating：身振り手振りで話す、という意味ですが、ここでは騒いでいる人たちを表現しているのだと思います
The place：a village（の位置）のことです
pursuer：追跡者
come up with 〜：〜に追いつく
was summoned to surrender：降伏勧告を受けた
which：I was at once surrounded and summoned to surrenderを指します
refreshment：軽食
nomad：遊牧民
flocks of sheep：羊の群れ
load：荷
laden with barley：大麦を（荷として）積んで
tsampa：チャンパ、チベットの食べ物です
staple food：主食
these people：チベット人を指します
which：Tibetan butter tea with tsampaを指します
it：同じくTibetan butter tea with tsampaを指します
affect：影響を及ぼす
disagreeably：受け入れ難く
which：this villageを指します
Nelang：地名（村名）
play with 〜：を弄ぶ
vaguely：ぼんやりと、漠然と
despondent：意気消沈した
exertion：骨の折れる作業、努力
his：the forest officerを指します
bungalow：バンガロー
them：マルケーゼとthe forest officer
astonishment：驚き
POW camp：捕虜収容所
comrade：仲間、同志
Nanga Parbat：地名（山名）
Expedition：遠征隊
certain：ぼかして言うときに使います。これを人名につけると、「〜とか言う人」となります
Father：神父