Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ta hanyar haɗin Lucy zuwa masarautar Rasha, musamman ga dangin Muravyev, Atkinsons sun sami damar ziyartar yawancin Decembrists da aka kora
wanda Nicholas I ya aika zuwa Siberia. Waɗannan sun haɗa da Mattvei Muravyev-Apostol, 'yan uwan Bestuchev da sauransu. Thomas ya shirya rubuta littafinsa na ƙarshe game da 'yan gudun hijirar Siberia, amma ya mutu, a Lower Walmer, Kent, a ranar 13 ga Agusta 1861, kafin a fara shi.