Cello on the underground

we were running very late for a performance of the Toronto Symphony orchestra, and to compound matters, stupidly got off at the wrong stop on the subway. Another woman was waiting for the train and asked if we were heading to the TSO. We all agreed that there was very little chance of us making it to the first half of the performance, "unless" I said, "one of the cellists is on the next train and they hold up the performance so she gets there on time". The train pulled into the station and we got on. And lo and behold, there was a woman sitting on the train with her cello case tucked between her knees! She got off at the stop for the theatre, and we all ran as fast as we could on the hope that we'd make it in before the performance began. The cellist slipped into the stage door and we made it into the auditorium with seconds to spare before the orchestra started playing. We were more than 10 minutes late, but they'd held the performance. We'll never know why but perhaps it was for a tardy cellist!