The cat, however, arrived far too late and missed out.
Both arrived far ahead of schedule and yet hopelessly too late.
The long-awaited recovery has been stronger than many expected, though it arrived far too late.
Mystery and grace, it seemed to me, arrived far more often in the everyday.
In January and February more than 120,000 have arrived – far more than the same period last year.
Already spreading across the heart of downtown and threatening to split the city completely in two, the river was expected to rise far higher and arrive far sooner than initially forecast.
It was just after seven in the morning, and I had arrived far too early at their Edwardian terraced home for our scheduled interview, but an unflustered Mr Cameron let me in and made coffee.
Finally, and most recently, executives threw the company's little remaining energy into a new line of high-end smartphones that failed to resonate with consumers, having arrived far too late with too little to offer.
By some mishap, we had been booked on the same day, with the same classes, and I remember the confusion that ensued when I arrived, far too early and not quite sure what I was getting myself into.
The route was hillier and the air thinner and foggier than I'd anticipated, and my runner's high arrived far later than it usually did, around the two-hour mark.
