Before he can commit suicide, however, he is visited by ghosts of several boys who were his students, some of whom later died heroically, who tell him that he inspired them to become better men.
Before he can commit suicide, however, he is called back to his classroom by a phantom bell, where he is visited by ghosts of several boys who were his students, some of whom later died heroically. The boys each tell him that he inspired them to become better men.