While the writing lesson was going on, M. Hamel was sitting in his chair motionless. He was seen gazing at one thing or the other as it to fix them in his mind since he had spent with them forty years. The love of garden, Walnut trees and hopvine creepers were piercing his body. His heart was broken and he was deeply overwhelmed with departing motion since he had to leave on the next day.

The village people - old Hauser, the former Mayor, the former postmaster and several others were present in the school room for thanking their master for his forty years of faithful service. Thus they were showing their respect for the country that was theirs no more. They were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.

M. Hamel was the most dedicated, hard working and a learned teacher of French. He served the society in the same school for about 40 years towards the cause of education. He had specific regard for his own language and told upon the students about the importance of learning their own language. He felt sorry for the villagers for showing indifference towards the learning of French. He was deeply grieved to leave the place since he had been deeply attached and mixed with the soil of that place.

After questioning on Participles, from their habit of putting off learning till tomorrow, he talked of French, calling it to be the most beautiful, clearest and logical language. After grammar, they had a lesson in writing; he heard every lesson to the last. Then they had a lesson in history before the babies chanted ba, be, bi, bo, bu.

Linguistic chauvinism is having an absurdly extravagant pride in one’s language. M. Hamel was deeply in love with French language but his love does not amount to linguistic chauvinism. Though he reveals the importance of learning one’s own language. On the other hand the people of Alsace and Lorraine were made victims of learning German.