13 APRIL 1991, Page 22

Wrong wife

Sir: It would appear that E.M. Forster is too subtle for Buruma as well as Edward Said (. . . And oriental ostriches, 30 March). Fielding did not marry Miss Quested but Mrs Moore's daughter Stella. Is the poor typist to be blamed again? E. Goldsworthy

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