Marquez, the cuckold

Madam, - In the column "This week they said" (October 18th), the quote "Cheating in bed is settled with lead" was wrongly attributed…

Madam, - In the column "This week they said" (October 18th), the quote "Cheating in bed is settled with lead" was wrongly attributed to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Madam, - In the column "This week they said" (October 18th), the quote "Cheating in bed is settled with lead" was wrongly attributed to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

It was not said by him but to him, by a police officer who caught the great writer in bed with his (the officer's) wife. The cuckold then challenged Marquez to a game of Russian roulette. - Yours, etc.,

GER SCULLY, Corballymore, Dunmore East, Co Waterford.