By the time the English group had recuperated enough to leave Italy, the two men are good friends again.
On the way back to England, Philip received another disappointment. Because of the romantic atmosphere and their close association, he has fallen in love with Miss Abbott.
He almost proposes to her when they are talking about love and the future, but she, thinking he had suspected it long before, tells him of her passion for Gino.
Philip for years thought that he understood the world, but he now recognizes that he really understood nothing. Womp womp.