 A master at Sanstead House in "The Little Nugget", Glossop is a rather miserable, irascible man with a nervous manner, who has great difficulty keeping order in his classroom.An amateur life-insurance salesman, those who know him avoid spending any time alone with Glossop for fear of a lengthy conversation on the gloomy subjects of aging and death.His general response, when confronted with the various dramas thrown at the school during Ogden Ford's time there, is to recommend calling for the police.