It was one of the ones I knew! I continued from where he had broken off:<blockquote>nec jam sustineant onus, Silvae laborantes, geluque, Flumina cons… - Patrick Leigh Fermor

Here's a riddle to change the subject: what English catch-phrase, indicating someone is better than he seems, would also apply to a yacht owner whose vessel is even more dangerous than the inlet in which she is anchored? - His barque is worse than his bight.

It was a time of anxiety and danger; and for our captive, of hardship and distress. During a lull in the pursuit, we woke up among the rocks just as a brilliant dawn was breaking over the crest of Mount Ida. We had been toiling over it, through snow and then rain, for the last two days. Looking across the valley at this flashing mountain-crest, the general [Kriepe] murmured to himself:<blockquote>Vides ut alta stet nive candidum, Soracte...</blockquote>

Meanwhile, the kittens - downholsterers and interior desecrators to a kitten - demolish all.