Nella arranges for Thea to attend a ball where a potential husband for Thea may be found. There they meet a young lawyer named Jacob van Loos who is looking for a wife. At the same gathering Otto meets Caspar Witsen who has plans for growing pineapples in hothouses, if he can find a suitable place and obtain the required finance.
Then one morning Thea discovers a small parcel addressed to her on the doorstep. It is a miniature figure of Walter. She later discovers other figures in a box in the attic where Nella has hidden them. Nella has been hoping that the miniaturist may return and help her but it is Thea who now receives the samll gifts including a tiny house and a pineapple. Thea keeps the items hidden from her family and they are reluctant to tell her of past events in the family story. The time comes for members of the family, not just Thea, to make decisions that will affect the whole family.
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