`` I was down at Spruce Cove one night last summer when a big thunderstorm came up . I went to Naomi 's house for shelter . The door was open , so I walked right in , because nobody answered my knock . Naomi Clark was at the window , watching the cloud coming up over the sea . She just looked at me once , but did n't say anything , and then went on watching the cloud . I did n't like to sit down because she had n't asked me to , so I went to the window by her and watched it , too . It was a dreadful sight -- the cloud was so black and the water so green , and there was such a strange light between the cloud and the water ; yet there was something splendid in it , too . Part of the time I watched the storm , and the other part I watched Naomi 's face . It was dreadful to see , like the storm , and yet I liked to see it . `` After the thunder was over it rained a while longer , and Naomi sat down and talked to me . She asked me who I was , and when I told her she asked me to play something for her on her violin , '' -- Felix shot a deprecating glance at Mr. Leonard -- `` because , she said , she 'd heard I was a great hand at it . She wanted something lively , and I tried just as hard as I could to play something like that . But I could n't . I played something that was terrible -- it just played itself -- it seemed as if something was lost that could never be found again . And before I got through , Naomi came at me , and tore the violin from me , and -- SWORE . And she said , ` You big-eyed brat , how did you know THAT ? ' Then she took me by the arm -- and she hurt me , too , I can tell you -- and she put me right out in the rain and slammed the door . '' `` The rude , unmannerly creature ! '' said Janet indignantly . `` Oh , no , she was quite in the right , '' said Felix composedly .
`` It served me right XXXXX what I played .
After as at because between by for over so through