From that point on, every grass verge was potential turf, every park bench a possible jump.

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The were spotted by a member of the public walking on the grass verge alongside a road.

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One time, when she was on the verge of menopause, Nita had teased Rich into making love up there not on the ties, of course, but on the narrow grass verge beside them and they had climbed down inordinately pleased with themselves.

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