FREDA: We had a new Dictaphone and [Brian Epstein] gave me this tape to do while he was out. I’d done about two letters and the tape got stuck. So Neil Aspinall came in, and I said, "Oh, God, I’ve got this tape and I got it stuck. There’s a load of work on it." We pressed - let’s say - two things and we erased all the work.
He came in the office and I just saw John at the back of him. He went to hang up his coat and said, "Have you finished the tape?"
And I said, "No. I’m sorry, no, I’ve wiped it by mistake."
He just looked at me and then shouted, "You stupid girl!"
And John Lennon saved the day. He was behind me and he must have seen how shaken I was - and Eppy, like, about to erupt. He started laughing and going, "Aw, what’ve you done Kelly?" And when a Beatle laughed, Eppy laughed. But it wasn’t a proper laugh, he wasn’t amused at all.
I just remember looking at him and saying, "l’ll stay late to do it," and he said, "l know you will. You’ll definitely stay late until all this work is done."