Well my answer would be one, depending..... on the road to St. Ives.... That I would assume to be me (1) the fact that I met a man: never stated that he was on the way to or from St. Ives never stated that the wives were with him, only that he had seven wives (number of sack or cats is a moot point) so I'm gonna go with one.... Jack but, hey what do I know?