Then the pain of loss leaped out on me, like a knife in the night when one has been on one’s guard all day. - Mary Renault

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Then the pain of loss leaped out on me, like a knife in the night when one has been on one’s guard all day.

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About Mary Renault

Mary Renault (born Mary Challans, 4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983) was an English writer most famous for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.

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Birth Name: Eileen Mary Challans
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