Palmer explains to Dorothy that he is conflicted about school ending. What is the conflict he feels? At the end of the chapter, the narrator says "But another school was about to begin." Can you guess what this school is, and why it is beginning?

Palmer's conflict is about school and his birthday. Everyday closer to school's end, and therefore the end of the possibility of Nipper flying up to him again in public. At the same time, every day that passes is closer to Palmer's tenth birthday when he must become a wringer. One good guess as to the meaning of the narrator's statement at the end of the chapter is wringing: now the boys who turn ten this summer can concentrate on learning how to wring a pigeon's neck.