Gretchen is a medieval whore. She wears brass breastplates but they are openwork with a floral design where there are unicorns and gallant knights and wicked princes and each and all want to claim Gretchen as their own

But Gretchen cannot be controlled by any one man. Or even an army. We know this because she did date an entire army in the summer of '65. They were all buried together, each with her name emblazoned in gold on their burial codpiece.

Mary has sort of given up on her infatuation with her big sister Rosalie in favor of the new freedom she feels in character as Gretchen. But she still feels she makes the best chocolate cake in the land.