But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes?
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The origin of this expression lays in the fact, the Old Church in Amsterdam used to have a red door, where the bridal couple had to go through. But in the 16th century most people did not get married in church. In the presence of family and friends the couple promised each other to be faithful, a ring was broken in two pieces and each partner kept their half.
This engagement was as good as an actual wedding. The actual marriage was confirmed by sleeping together; after the wedding night the wedding party took place. The promise of marriage was sacred, if a boy and girl promised each other to get married and one of them declined later on, one could summon the other party and the Commissioners for Marriage-Affairs would make a judgement.
Parents could exercise their veto against the choice of their children, but what was considered inappropriate? A marriage, in which the class difference could be compromising, for instant with a servant, was impossible.
