"Lucy! Lucy! my soul's love--what, what has happened? I am writingthis"--(a gulp of brandy-and-water)--"in a state bordering ondistraction--madness--insanity"(another). "Why did you send me outof the coach in that cruel cruel way? Write to me a word, a line--tell me, tell me, I may come to you--and leave me not in thisagonising condition; your faithful"(glog--glog--glog--the wholeglass)-- "J.P."

He never signed John Perkins in full--he couldn't, it was sounromantic.