, ▁María ' s ▁husband , ▁comes ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁gallery ▁and ▁fur iously ▁acknowled ges ▁his ▁anger ▁towards ▁his ▁b oss es ▁and ▁plots ▁his ▁reven ge . ▁ ▁Act ▁ 2 ▁ ▁Out side ▁the ▁mine , ▁a ▁fe ast ▁is ▁being ▁held ▁in ▁honor ▁of ▁Ru per to ▁and ▁Juan ach a ' s ▁wed ding ▁that ▁is ▁going ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁During ▁a ▁c ach ua ▁( d ance ), ▁the ▁sky ▁dark ens ; ▁a ▁storm ▁will ▁begin ▁soon ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁will ▁be ▁unable ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁town ▁to ▁get ▁married . ▁Every one ▁pray s ▁to ▁the ▁Virgin , ▁singing ▁" D ul ce ▁re ina ▁de ▁las ▁c umb res " ▁(" S weet ▁Queen ▁of ▁the ▁Pe aks ") ▁and ▁mi rac ul ously ▁the ▁sun ▁sh ines ▁again . ▁The ▁couple ▁and ▁friends ▁head ▁to ▁town , ▁dan cing ▁( par ade ), ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁min ers ▁who ▁can ▁not ▁leave ▁work . ▁It ▁is ▁during ▁this ▁scene ▁that ▁the ▁t une ▁" El ▁cond or ▁pas a " ▁is ▁played . ▁During ▁the ▁party , ▁Mr . ▁King ▁has ▁too ▁much ▁to ▁drink , ▁and ▁cru elly ▁ab uses ▁H igin io . ▁When ▁Mr . ▁King ▁leaves , ▁H igin io ▁follows ▁him ▁on ▁a ▁higher ▁path , ▁and ▁push es ▁a ▁b ould er ▁onto ▁him ▁when ▁they ▁reach ▁a ▁g orge , ▁causing ▁his ▁death . ▁A ▁she ph erd ▁witness es ▁the ▁hor