# Chesson — The Secret Glory character guide

> Chesson in The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Doctor Chesson

**First appearance:** 0012-iv

## Who they are

A doctor in the Lupton area.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_glory_se/chapters/i)

The Headmaster, whose criticism of Horbury's teaching and poor sherry contribute to Horbury's foul mood.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_glory_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as a colleague whose ideas about a Jewish House and Puseyism Horbury dismisses as foolish.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_glory_se/chapters/v)

Chesson is mentioned as the predecessor whose resignation preceded the events; Horbury's ruin unfolds over four years before Chesson's resignation.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_glory_se/chapters/iii)

Appears in Ambrose's imaginary procession of masters, rebuking him for inconsistency with the tone of a public school.

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