# Valentine — File No. 113 character guide

> Valentine in File No. 113 by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** XIII Valentine, Valentin - Raoul Wilson, Little Raoul, Raoul, Valentine de la Verberie, Mlle. Valentine, Poor Valentine

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A young woman of fierce conscience who chooses duty over the lover she adores, and pays for that choice across a lifetime.

## Who they are

Valentine de la Verberie loves Gaston de Clameran with a passion that defies the feud between their families, but when he begs her to flee with him after killing two men, she refuses. Her duty to a hard, friendless mother and the voice of her own conscience hold her back, even as she confesses that stolen happiness must be paid for in bitterness. Her renunciation, and the secret she carries from that night, becomes the buried root from which the novel's present-day crime grows.

## Relationships

### [Mme. Fauvel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/mme_fauvel)

_family_

Mme. Fauvel is Valentine's mother, deeply protective but strained by secrets and the daughter's romantic entanglements.

### [Marquis de Clameran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/marquis_de_clameran)

_psychological_

The Marquis exerts a manipulative, obsessive influence over Valentine, using her as a pawn in his revenge plot.

### [Gaston de Clameran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/gaston_de_clameran)

_romantic_

Gaston is secretly in love with Valentine, but their relationship is complicated by family secrets and the Marquis's schemes.

### [Prosper Bertomy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/prosper_bertomy)

_friendship_

Prosper and Valentine are childhood friends, with Valentine supporting him during his ordeal.

### [Madeleine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/madeleine)

_friendship_

Madeleine and Valentine are close friends, with Madeleine acting as a confidante and protector.

### [Marquis de Clameran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/marquis_de_clameran)

_psychological_

The Marquis exerts a manipulative, obsessive influence over Valentine, using her as a pawn in his revenge plot.

### [Gaston de Clameran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/gaston_de_clameran)

_romantic_

Gaston is secretly in love with Valentine, but their relationship is complicated by family secrets and the Marquis's schemes.

### [Prosper Bertomy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/prosper_bertomy)

_friendship_

Prosper and Valentine are childhood friends, with Valentine supporting him during his ordeal.

### [Mme. Fauvel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/mme_fauvel)

_family_

Mme. Fauvel is Valentine's mother, deeply protective but strained by secrets and the daughter's romantic entanglements.

### [Mme. Fauvel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/mme_fauvel)

_family_

Mme. Fauvel is Valentine's mother, deeply protective but strained by secrets and the daughter's romantic entanglements.

### [Prosper Bertomy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/prosper_bertomy)

_friendship_

Prosper and Valentine are childhood friends, with Valentine supporting him during his ordeal.

### [Madeleine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters/madeleine)

_friendship_

Madeleine and Valentine are close friends, with Madeleine acting as a confidante and protector.

## In the story

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

The beloved of Gaston, a young woman with a timid heart, repressed by her harsh mother, the Countess de la Verberie.

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

Waits anxiously at La Verberie; resists Gaston's pleas to elope, citing duty to her mother.

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

Valentine suffers under her mother's cruelty, haunted by Gaston's memory and the legal consequences of his disappearance. She struggles with the decision to confess her past to André Fauvel.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/chapters/xv)

The mother of Gaston's son; later married the wealthy banker Fauvel.

## Links

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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/file_no_113_se/characters