当我离开家的时候，你满怀深情吹响号角。

When I leave family's time, you fill with the affection to sound the bugle.

但是，尽管有不好的事情，我仍然满怀深情地回忆我的棒球生涯。

But I still look at my baseball career fondly, even though there were bad things.

因此，作者的结论是：本书是哈代对其故乡及故乡人的满怀深情的描述。

The author concludes: this book is an affectionate portraiture of Hardy's hometown and its people.