"I don't think he would keep me waiting like this if—"
"I will go down to the sea," the boy said. "Signora, let me go down to the sea!"
There was a fury of pleading in his voice. Hermione hesitated, but only for a moment. Then she answered:
"Yes, you shall go. Stop, Gaspare!"
He had moved towards the arch.
"I'm coming with you."
"You, signora?"
"Yes."
"You cannot come! You are not to come!"
He was actually commanding her—his padrona.