confirms his determination to fight his rich rival.

Scene 2. The Calle de Toledo at dawn. The rebels are
gathering. Bizco and a churros-seller discuss the troubled situation. Nogales
makes an impassioned speech to his rag-bag of an army, which goes off in good
heart to fight and die in the name of liberty.

Scene 3. The Courtyard of Bizco's Tavern. Waiting anxiously
for news of the fighting, Mariana tells the rosary with Luisa and some
neighbours. The wounded Aníbal staggers in and reports how bravely Vidal
has fought, before being carried forcibly off to bed. Vidal disclaims heroic
status: he merely fought for love of Luisa (Romanza:"Luche la fe por el triunfo".)
When Don Florito tells them that Javier is leading a counter-attack for the
monarchists, Luisa herself defies Carolina with surprising revolutionary
fervour. The attack fails, and Javieris led in a prisoner by Nogales. The
crowd bays for his death as the Final:"¡Muera el
prisionero!" begins. Luisa steps in and bravely defends him, just before
the courtyard is invaded by Vidal and the republicans in flight from a fresh
troop of hussars. The soldiers free Javier and announce the defeat of the
insurgents. Vidal, admitting defeat on all fronts, is content to be arrested as
chief rabble-rouser by Javier, but Nogales steps in and claims that honour for
himself. The troops take Nogales away, Javier and Carolina embrace and leave
together, and Luisa promises to marry the wounded but ecstatic Vidal.

Act 3.
Vidal's country estate 'La Frondosa', at Piedras Albas in
Extramadura. The revolution has finally succeeded. Carolina has been exiled
to Portugal, whilst Javier has disappeared, reported missing after the battle
of Alcolea in which Queen