We are to infer, of course, that it is Herbert, out of his grave, who stands on the other side of the closed and bolted door. Since he is "wished away" by Mr. White's final wish on the monkey's paw, we never actually see him. When the door is flung open, no one stands on the porch and the road is "quiet and deserted."
However, before Mrs. White can open the door, we hear Herbert, even though we can't see him. What had begun as a few knocks, became "[a] perfect fusillade of knocks that reverberated through the house." The implication is that Herbert is pounding on the door, intent upon coming inside. When Mr. White finally finds the monkey's paw and makes his final wish, the knocking stops: "The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house." Herbert has been sent back to his grave.
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