The word prosaic indicates dull and unimaginative atmosphere of the room.
What is the excerpt The Monkey's Paw about?
"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story authored by W. W. Jacobs that was first published in England in 1902 in the collection The Lady of the Barge.
Three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw in the story, but the wishes come at a high cost for interfering with fate.
The word prosaic refers to the room's dull and unimaginative atmosphere.
Thus, this is the reference of prosaic in the given sentence.
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Your question seems incomplete, the missing excerpt is:
"There was an air of prosaic wholesomeness about the room which it had lacked on the previous night, and the dirty, shriveled little paw was pitched on the sideboard..."
