Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Edith ta halarci makarantar 'yan mata a Petrischule a St. Petersburg. Petrischule ta kasance mai wadataccen al'ada kuma ta ƙirƙiri yanayi mai ban sha'awa da ilimi sosai ga Edith. Makarantar ta kasance a gaban Fadar Winter, wanda ya ba Edith damar fuskantar matsalolin Tsarist na Rasha a kusa. Kusan tabbas tana cikin gari a ranar Lahadi mai jini
a watan Janairun 1905 lokacin da Tsarist masu gadi bude wuta a kan dubban yunwa 'yan ƙasa da suka taru don nuna rashin abinci.