She is young and romantic and devoted to the theater, where she has befriended Rebecca, a principal actress. However, there is the issue of her illegitimate parentage as the daughter of Maris, Johannes’s sister, and Otto, the servant, which the family has kept secret. They are broke, and the only future Nella can see for Thea is to marry. Instead, Otto has been working for an import company in a low-paying job. Although her husband Johannes’s death left them fairly well off, his black servant Otto has not been trusted by Amsterdam businessmen to keep the business running. Nella Brandt is worried about her niece Thea’s future. It’s 1705, 18 years after the end of The Miniaturist.
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