Mrs. Preston

Mrs. Preston is a Bone Gnawer.^[1][2]

Overview

But is doesn't always take brawn to get things done. Sometimes all it takes is a little know-how put in the right place at the right time. Take, for example, Mrs. Preston. She served for many years as an orderly in the White House - through three Presidents, starting with Hoover and ending with Truman. She was the one who thought of the W.P.A. and other programs; she encouraged Roosevelt to enter the War. She inspired the idea for the final version of the Invasion of Normandy. She warned against the Manhattan Project and advised Truman not to use Fat Man and Little Boy - he ignored her, of course. Damn fool.

Mrs. Preston was a long-time fixture in the President's office and, even though she was just an orderly, was always considered one of the family. She had a way of talking to the President, and it was known that she was a gold mine of information about the people who lived and worked on the Hill, because she heard all the dirt.

Mrs. Preston was a Grandma, but she never attended moots because she was always afraid J. Edgar was following her. And usually, he or his G-Men were. She knew secrets about him, but still couldn't break with the Litany and expose the rest of the Garou to possible attack. Still, she would often remind the President that it would help to meditate at the shrines of Jefferson and Lincoln, thereby gaining wisdom.

Mrs. Preston retired after Truman left office. Despite her highly placed position, she never was a Rat Fink, and has never betrayed a President's trust. She saw her advisory role as her sacred duty to Gaia. She lives in a townhouse in Georgetown these days, and has finally been able to go to moots. Since J. Edgar died, the G-Men found other suspects to follow. To this day, a letter from Mrs. Preston will get wheels turning in the White House.

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