'The Demoiselle d'Ys' and the Hawking Anachronism

From The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers
A lost traveler in Brittany meets Jeanne d'Ys and her medieval hawking household, only to discover he has wandered into the past — Chambers's most lyrical and melancholy fantasy.
The Demoiselle d'Ys

Philip's arrival at the manor and the strange archaic falconry vocabulary; the final discovery of the centuries-old tomb.

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