She finds Valérie to be an "indestructible creature" capable of bestowing a sense of self-respect on others, at least temporarily: "everyone felt very normal and brave when they gathered together at Valérie Seymour's".
她发现瓦莱里是一个难以摧毁的人，她极善于赐予其他人自尊的感觉，至少是暂时的：“当人们聚集到瓦莱里·西摩身边时，每个人都感到了正常与勇敢。