In the final chapter, Present and Future," the narrator refers to a special trip that Philip and Gerald will make when they are older: "Together (that word which means so much to all friends) they have been again up the coast, and this time the trip extended to Halifax, without let or hinderance, unlike that memorable first attempt" (158). That Philip and Gerald eventually visit Halifax contributes closure to the novel. 

The United Kingdom

Great Britain

In chapter 7, while Philip and Gerald are aboard the Old Province, Jennison, under the pseudonym John Alexander Belmont, attempts to coerce Philip into handing Gerald over (55-56). Jennison tells Philip that if he brings Gerald off the boat while they stop at Martha's Vineyard that he will let Philip "understand things far more fully [than] he can tonight" (57). However, the Old Province never makes it to Martha's Vineyard because an explosion causes the ship to sink, and everyone must evacuate (66).