The only decent diplomat is a deaf Trappist.

-Le Carre¤  ,John pseudonym of  David John Moore Cornwell
  A Perfect Spy, ch.3.

And besides, Mrs Forthby in the flesh was a different kettle of fish to Mrs Forthby in his fantasies. In the latter she had a multitude of perverse inclinations, which corresponded exactly with his own unfortunate requirements, while possessing a discretion that would have done credit to aTrappist nun. In the flesh she was disappointingly different.

-Sharpe,Tom (Thomas Ridley)
  Blott on the Landscape, ch.3.