"Why were you called Véronique, Mademoiselle?"
"Because I was born on the ninth of July, Monsieur, which, as doubtless you know, is the day of the blessed Sainte Véronique Giuliani. I was christened Véronique Marie after her and the Blessed Virgin."
"Véronique Marie Moore," said Gordon Romilly slowly, as though wishing to impress the words upon his memory." That is a very pretty name! And so Sainte Véronique is your patron saint, I suppose."
"Certainly, Monsieur, and which is yours?"
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