“No, Signora.”
“Where is she? Still out?”
“Si, Signora.”
“Did she think I was lost?”
“Signora, the Signorina is on the cliff with Ruffo.”
“With Ruffo?”
They were going up the steps.
“Si, Signora. We have all been together.”
Hermione guessed that Gaspare had been playing chaperone, and loved him for it.
“And you heard the boat coming from the cliff?”