On the night that Michaela is to meet the Viceroy, Manuel returns, and she foresakes her audience with the nobleman to spend the night with him. The Viceroy, bored and resentful over being exiled from Spain to the colony of Peru, becomes intrigued by Michaela and invites her to the palace. Under Pio's guidance, Michaela develops into the leading actress of the Comedia Theater. After Manuel departs, Pio becomes Michaela's mentor, schooling her in acting and proper comportment. One day, Manuel tells Michaela that he is sailing to Spain and asks her to wait for him. When Juniper questions Pio about the beloved Peruvian actress Michaela Villegas, Pio recalls first seeing her perform in the streets of Lima: Micheala is attracted to the adventurous Manuel, but Esteban, Manuel's morose twin brother, despises her. There Juniper visits Uncle Pio, a theatrical entrepeneur who is widely regarded as the pulse of his people. Deeply affected by the catastrophe, Brother Juniper, the pastor of the chapel, journeys to Lima in quest of why these five people were chosen to die. In 1774, in Peru, a rickety bridge that for one hundred years has spanned the gorge leading to the chapel of San Luis Rey collapses, sending five people plunging to their death.
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