This is really too much for a man who has spent the day eating lamb vindaloo and rushing around the city on tiresome errands, and before you know it.zzzzzzzzzz. Once again awakened by thunderous applause as the curtain came down on Act II, I put on my coat and strange hat and ran back to the Sapphire, not far distant. An extremely large and testy man wearing my hat approached as soon as I rushed in the door of the restaurant. The exchange was made without fighting a duel and the man left with his wife, who was almost as large and testy as he was. Mr. Satish insisted on buying me a drink to celebrate the event and by the time I got back to the Metropolitan Opera House, the third act had begun and they wouldn't let me in.
Rules are rules.
You can't have latecomers climbing over their neighbors, disrupting the proceedings. It's disrespectful and unfair to the performers. Besides, people are trying to get some sleep.