When Hero learned that she was now the owner of no fewer than three carriages and eight horses, she turned quite pink, and after struggling for a few moments to express herself suitably, stammered out: 'Oh, Sherry, it is just like K-King Cophetua and the beggar-maid!' 'Who the devil was he?' demanded Sherry. 'Well, I don't precisely remember, but he married a beggar-maid, and gave her everything she wanted.' 'Sounds to me like a hum,' said her skeptical husband. 'Besides, what's the fellow got to do with us?' 'Only that you made me think of him,' said Hero, smiling mistily up at him.