outcast

There, crouched against the side of the wall which attracts and retains the most heat, they may be seen sometimes talking to one another, but more frequently alone, watching the door, which sometimes opens to call forth one from the gloomy assemblage, or to throw in another outcast from society.

Cavalcanti, his father, had been seen in Paris, and it was expected that he would re-appear to claim the illustrious outcast.