3914 【Melody Marker Letter from you never give your money】Lennon could no more restrain himself than McCartney. He was so outraged by McCartney’s comments in the rock paper Melody Maker that he typed a three-page reply, headed ‘Please publish, “equal time”.’ It was as acerbic and wounding as ‘How Do You Sleep’, as Lennon revealed how McCartney had told him, ‘if we didn’t do what you wanted, you’d sue us again, and that “Ringo and George are going to break you John”…Who’s the guy threatening to “finish” Ringo and Maureen, who was warning me on the phone two weeks ago? Who said he’d “get us” whatever the cost? As I’ve said before–have you ever thought that you might possibly be wrong about something?’ Lee Eastman was caught in the line of fire: ‘You must KNOW we’re right about Eastman; he can’t control himself in PUBLIC–even the people he buys paintings from squirm! (Shit from the inside, baby!)’ Lennon briefly managed to calm himself: ‘No hard feelings to you either. I know we basically want the same…whenever you want to meet, all you have to do is call.’ But his sarcasm won out: ‘P.S. The bit that really puzzled us was asking to meet WITHOUT LINDA AND YOKO. I know you’re camp! But let’s not go too far! I thought you’d have understood BY NOW, that I’m JOHNANDYOKO. P.P.S. Even your own lawyers know you can’t ‘just sign a bit of paper’ (or don’t they tell you?!).’