The book ends with Lucy returning to Plymouth as a woman and settling down into traditional married life. "She displays resourcefulness, self-reliance, and mobility—characteristics commonly deemed male that this female marine appropriates to deal with her extraordinary predicament," Elizabeth Reis notes.
The narrative concludes with Lucy returning to Plymouth as a woman and establishing herself in conventional marital life. Elizabeth Reis highlights that Lucy exhibits resourcefulness, self-reliance, and mobility, traits commonly associated with masculinity that this female sailor adopts to navigate her extraordinary circumstances.