(Vocabulary) *Diaphanous: insubstantial, filmy, *Demesne: a region or domain *Feminal: feminine; womanly, *Intelligencer: a person who gathers intelligence *Malison: a curse, *Paynim: a pagan, *Sables: black mourning clothes *Sciolist: a person who pretends to be knowledgeable, *Recreant: cowardly *Ambuscade: an ambush, *Appetency: a longing or desire, *Circumjacent: surrounding *Cicisbeo: a married woman's male companion or lover, *Demit: resign from