In the following days, Helen Blair began attending English classes and received a storage box to put her belongings and textbooks in. There were ten students in the English class, with her being the only one from Orienta. The rest were from places like Cipangu, Russia, Spain, Kandara, and India, and they all spoke broken English. Their teacher was a handsome, kind, and patient American man in his thirties. Everyone sat in a circle, and they could only speak in English, correcting each other's mistakes. Since everyone had a basic foundation in English, this training quickly improved their language skills.
Gradually, she became familiar with the other girls in the dormitory. Most of them were around fifteen to sixteen years old, and the oldest was only seventeen. However, they seemed unfamiliar with Orienta, especially a Kandaran girl who once asked her if she had ever eaten an apple, which made Helen both annoyed and amused.