A short story from the British Library Tales of the Weird collection The Outcast and Other Dark Tales by E.F. Benson. Thomas Oulton has worked for a London banking house for 30 years and is widely respected by his colleagues, so when he seemingly disappears with a clientâs money everyone is shocked, none more so than his manager, Louis Carrington. When a friend comes to spend the weekend with Louis and his family at their Surrey home, a series of strange phenomena leads the narrator to discover whatâs happened to Oulton.