Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba kafin ya tashi zuwa kudu a karo na biyu, an sanar da alkawarin Evans ga wata mace ta New Zealand, Hilda Russell. Hilda 'yar T.G. Russell ce, fitaccen lauya na gari, kuma 'yar'uwar G.W. Russell, ɗaya daga cikin' yan majalisa na yankin Christchurch. Evans ya dawo Christchurch a ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1904, kuma ma'auratan sun yi aure a ranar 13 ga Afrilu. Sun dawo Ingila a watan Oktoba, inda aka ba Evans lambar yabo ta Bronze Polar kuma ya koma cikin sojan ruwa, ya zama jami'in kula da sufuri. A shekara ta 1907 ya ɗan yi tunanin shiga aikin Shackleton na binciken Antarctic
, amma a maimakon haka ya yanke shawarar cewa yana da muhimmanci a ciyar da karin lokaci a cikin aikinsa na jirgin ruwa, don kauce wa iyakance makomarsa.