"In 2005 a  crack hunting unit was sent to prison by a  court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Ryedale  underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the Malton & Norton Rugby Ratcatchers."

Quotation by Robert Darwin, Father of Charles, 1827.
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat- catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family"

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