what happens at the end of the story

There is a storm. After the wish is made for Herbert to come back to life, Mr. White realizes the horrible mistake they have made. Herbert is coming back in a sort of zombie form. The knocking grows louder. Mrs. White is ecstatic, believing that her son has indeed returned, and hurries downstairs to let him in before her husband can stop her. Mr. White is left with only one course of action: to make a final wish on the monkey’s paw. We are not told exactly what the wish is, but when he makes it, the knocking stops abruptly. When Mrs. White opens the door, there is nobody there.