"Why do you have so many names?"
"Comment?"
"Names. Joseph, Paul—names."
"Oui, oui. Alors. So many before me, they make dead in battle. And so ma mère, she want me have protection of heaven. And so, Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier."
"What do I call you then?"
"Gilbert."
THÉODORE PELLERIN as GILBERT DU MOTIER, THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE
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When Washington would call his soldiers, did he say "pack it up skittle squad" while John and Alexander made-out in the corner as Lafayette did splits or did I just make it up