'The Miniaturist' Recap, Part 3: Things Can Change
The Miniaturist draws to a conclusion as all the mysteries unravel, and Nella gets a happy ending of sorts.
Marian: To fight them in the open is to invite certain defeat.
When we last left our 1600s drama, Marian had been revealed to be with child, preparing to poison herself in a misguided abortion attempt, while Johannes has fled the country in fear of Franz and Agnes reporting his gay lifestyle to the authorities. But even though our heroine, Nella and her maid Cornelia are only putting the facts together, it turns out our Miniaturist has been trying to communicate this all along. The cradle was literally in the first package Nella received. And when Cornelia lifts the skirt of the Marian doll, it turns out there's been a baby strapped to it the whole time. Perhaps most creepily though, the sugar Agnes holds is rotting, seemingly of its own accord. What witchcraft is this indeed?
