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Penelope's letter

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First Introduced

"Live Together, Die Alone"

Owned by

Desmond

Found by

Desmond in Our Mutual Friend

Used by

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Penelope's letter is a handwritten letter written by Penelope Widmore and hidden in Desmond's hardbound copy of Dickens' Our Mutual Friend. ("Live Together, Die Alone").

Apparently Penelope understood the significance of this book to Desmond, which he was planning to read just before he believed his life was to end. Therefore the letter was intended as a statement of love and inspiration to be revealed in this deepest moment of despair. Because the book was placed in storage with his personal effects during his incarceration (so that he was not tempted to read the book, and by extension, end his life), he did not discover the letter there.

It was not until much later that he discovered the letter while in the Swan when he was contemplating suicide after years spent living in the Hatch. It is revealed that this moment of crisis occurred at the same time as John Locke was also in his moment of despair, pounding on the Hatch door ("Deus Ex Machina"). The combination of the letter's discovery and Locke's appearance apparently saved his life as he rejected the idea of commiting suicide.

Contents

A close-up of the two different letter props

The letter reads:

Trivia

• At least two copies of the letter are used as props, as the line breaks at the end of the letter are different.

One version reads:

The other version in close-up of reads:

See also

• Desmond's letters
• Our Mutual Friend