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Caesar and Cleopatra have arrived in Alexandria, where Caesar plans to reconcile her with her brother, Ptolemy, and end Egypt’s civil war. Ptolemy and his advisors refuse to compromise, and leave the palace intending to amass their forces and attack immediately. Caesar must begin to calculate for the battle ahead, but Cleopatra—jealous that she now must share Caesar’s attention—makes him listen to her tale of the man she loves.
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CAESAR. Cleopatra: I really think I must eat you after all.
CLEOPATRA. (Kneeling beside him and looking at him with eager interest, half real, half affected to show how intelligent she is) You must not talk to me now as if I were a child.
CAESAR. You have been growing up since the Sphinx introduced us the other night; and you think you know more than I do
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