23 "To look at," said the Sergeant-Major, fumbling in his pocket, "it's just 25 an ordinary little paw, dried to a mummy."24 He took something out of his
pocket and proffered it. Mrs. White drew back with a grimace, but her
son, taking it, examined it curiously.25 "And what is there special about
it?" inquired Mr. White as he took it from his son, and having examined it,
placed it upon the table.26 "It had a spell put on it by an old Fakir," said
the Sergeant-Major, "a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled
people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow.
He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three
wishes from it." Which detail from paragraph 26 supports the idea that
tile paw has disturbing and sinister effects on all who possess it?
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