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Why does Franz understand his lesson well?
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Solution
- Franz realised that M. Hamel was teaching patiently with all his heart as if he wanted to give the students all he knew before going away and filling their heads with patriotism towards the country.
- Franz wanted to respect that and listened to M. Hamel even more carefully and understood his lesson well.
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