Act II. A dance hall, where _Conchita_ earns a living by her risqué

dances. _Mateo_, who finds her after a long search, is astounded. He begs her to go away with him. She refuses, and executes a most daring dance for a group of visitors. _Mateo_, watching her from outside, and wild with jealousy, breaks through the window. _Conchita_, angry at first, takes from him the key to a little house he owns and tells him that, if he comes at midnight, she will open her lattice to him as to a mysterious lover.