“They lived on the edge too, but...they danced on the edge, they jumped up and down on it, made faces at it, thumbed their snotty noses at it, refused to see the peril of their situation and, in general, seemed to have a huge appetite for life, alcohol, adventure and alcohol. As a copper, he shouldn‘t say it, because they could be a bloody #nuisance, but there was something commendable about the cheerfully feisty way they faced, well, everything."