old nick at the window

Often as a child the devil would appear at our kitchen window when my mum would be washing the dishes. He was ugly and had horns on his head. We were in a large old house on the second floor level and he would appear when it was stormy the lightening showing his face in full glare. My mum would splash water at him and appear quite unconcerned. It's just old nick she would say reassuringly. In storms our bedroom Windows would be covered with thick blankets so he didn't frighten us in the night.