Baffled is what i think it is
Answer:
The ending did support the fakirs belief. At the end the White's most beloved thing (their son) was turned into a horrible monstrosity from the dead. This happened because the Whites wished for their son back from the dead. Upon this wish they tried to play God and messed with fate.
Explanation:
The sentences write after his story shows the family's initial reaction which is mostly doubtful from the son and the wife
that was a good story!
As an aging, conventional person of little consequence