# Countess de la Verberie — File No. 113 character guide

> Countess de la Verberie in File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Countess de la Verberie, the proud Countess de la Verberie

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Valentine's proud and aristocratic mother.

## In the story

### [The Drama](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/chapters/xii-the-drama)

Valentine's mother, who sees her daughter only as a means to escape poverty through a wealthy marriage.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/chapters/xiii)

Valentine's mother; she is described as hard and determined that Valentine marry a rich man.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/chapters/xiv)

The countess drives the family into debt through reckless spending and pressures Valentine to marry André Fauvel to secure her own comfort.

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