The chair sat empty one night, then filled again. The floorboards never ask who's sitting, they just listen for two bars.

• Doña Celia VargasI've patched that chair's cushion three times over. The cushion outlasts the man, every time.
  Tito AlmadaThen maybe you should be the bandleader, Doña.
• Pilar OrtizNobody looks at the pit anyway, Maestro. Everyone's eyes are on the stage, aren't they?
  Tito AlmadaThat's exactly why you're still in second chair.