Buss, Mr.

Mr. Buss is the father of Preshea Buss. He is reported to have ties to the East India Company.
== Appearance ==
Preshea describes everyone in her family as being very beautiful, even her father.
== Personality ==
He is - according to Preshea - a cruel man. He is notorious for his old-fashioned ideals.
== History ==
He was verbally abusive of his daughter, Preshea, when she was growing up. When she was ten, Mr. Buss accused her of doing vile things with one of the footmen who was kind to her. He horsewhipped the footman and dismissed him without reference, and sent Preshea to Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Ladies of Quality. He intended to turn her into a weapon for himself, but Preshea took to poisoning him every time she came home for break. When she was seventeen, she allowed him to catch her. Faced with the having to commit her to an asylum or marry her off, he arranged a marriage for her. He arranged all four of Preshea's marriages with the understanding that she would likely murder all of them. 
Mr. Buss sold shoddy dirigible materials, which resulted in an airship exploding and many casualties. Preshea bargains Lord Akeldama for proof of his culpability, and publishes it in revenge for his abuse. 
== In the books ==
=== Poison or Protect ===
While not appearing in the books, Preshea details the verbal abuse her father gave her as a child. Her main motivation in accepting the Duke of Snodgrove and Lord Akeldama's assignments was to earn proof of her father's criminal negligence so she can ruin her father. 
== Quotes ==
* “He liked to wound with words. Taught me to do the same, I suppose. He was particularly adept at unfounded accusations." (Poison or Protect, Chapter Nine)
* “He sent me away to learn espionage and assassination, to become a weapon for his use. He never once considered that I would have my own plans.” (Poison or Protect, Chapter Nine)
* “My father’s greatest fear, I think – ugliness. ” (Poison or Protect, Chapter Nine)
== Trivia ==
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