Thinking about it, there were also stories of how some boys in 3A had sneaked around the back of Baring-Gould's chair on the pretext of asking him questions and using his torn and frayed gown, tied him to his chair without him noticing. When he got up at the end of the lesson the chair left the room with him!
(LR 62-67)

A nice old chap, descendent of the guy who wrote Onward Christian Soldiers.
(EOB 62-66)