And there 's nobody to wait on her except that simple creature , Maggie Peterson . '' `` I wonder if I ought to go and see her , '' said Mr. Leonard uneasily . `` What use would it be to bother yourself ? You know she would n't see you -- she 'd shut the door in your face like she did before . She 's an awful wicked woman -- but it 's kind of terrible to think of her lying there sick , with no responsible person to tend her . '' `` Naomi Clark is a bad woman and she lived a life of shame , but I like her , for all that , '' remarked Felix , in the grave , meditative tone in which he occasionally said rather startling things . Mr. Leonard looked somewhat reproachfully at Janet Andrews , as if to ask her why Felix should have attained to this dubious knowledge of good and evil under her care ; and Janet shot a dour look back which , being interpreted , meant that if Felix went to the district school she could not and would not be held responsible if he learned more there than arithmetic and Latin . `` What do you know of Naomi Clark to like or dislike ? '' she asked curiously . `` Did you ever see her ? '' `` Oh , yes , '' Felix replied , addressing himself to his cherry preserve with considerable gusto . `` 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 XXXXX me .
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