At the principal's office, Sister Gray chastises Candy for her tardiness. While Klint's playing-for-dead collar worked in the London centre, the ruse comes to nothing when the assisting Sister Margaret wants Candy to surrender her collar. Klint runs off into the woods and finds himself a giant tree, similar to Father Tree. At her room, Candy meets her helpful neighbour, Patricia O'Brien, who seems to know all encyclopedias by heart and takes Candy on a school tour such as the library and the recreational hall...